暴
bàoBào HSK6

violent

暴 bào frequency
violent adjective
cruel, fierce, or characterized by physical force

此人性格凶暴，动不动就对他人拳脚相向。

cǐ rén xìng​gé xiōng bào, dòng​bu​dòng jiù duì tā​rén quán​jiǎo​xiāng​xiàng.

This person has a violent nature and often attacks others physically.

expose verb
to show, reveal, or lay bare

那个尘封已久的秘密，终究还是暴在了阳光下。

nà gè chén​fēng yǐ jiǔ de mì​mì, zhōng​jiū hái​shi bào zài le yáng​guāng xià.

That long-buried secret was finally brought to light.

injure idiom
to ruin, damage, or maltreat

即便面对失败，也不能自暴自弃。

jí​biàn miàn​duì shī​bài, yě bù néng zì bào zì​qì.

Even in the face of failure, one must not give up on oneself.

sudden noun
happening quickly, unexpectedly, or with great intensity

由于气候异常，今年春天突降暴寒。

yóu​yú qì​hòu yì​cháng, jīn​nián chūn​tiān tū jiàng bào hán.

Due to abnormal climate, there was a sudden cold snap this spring.

暴 Bào
Bao proper name
surname Bao

暴先生是我的老师。

Bào xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Bao is my teacher.

Cross-References

Variant of

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,028th most common 152.8 per million
Movie subtitles
932nd most common 119.5 per million appears in 44% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.8 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
25.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+66B4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)