Chinese symbol for “potent”
霸道
bà dào
the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might
The closest CC-CEDICT match for potent is 霸道 (bà dào), defined as: the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “potent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 霸道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸权 (霸權) | bà quán | hegemony; supremacy |
| 争霸 (爭霸) | zhēng bà | to contend for hegemony; a power struggle |
| 霸王 | bà wáng | hegemon; overlord |
| 霸主 | bà zhǔ | a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord |
| 霸占 (霸佔) | bà zhàn | to occupy by force; to seize |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “potent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.