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霸道

霸道

Chinese

		feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (霸道)		霸	道

Adjective

霸道

overbearing; high-handed

Verb

霸道

(archaic) to rule by might as opposed to the way of a legitimate king

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bàdào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa-tho
Min Nan (POJ): pà-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàdào → bàdao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.daw
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /pa̠⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa³ dou⁶
  - Yale: ba douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː³³ tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba⁴ to⁴
  - IPA: /pa⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-tō
  - Tâi-lô: pà-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pardoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ tɤ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ tɤ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/