Chinese symbol for “tyranny”
暴政
bào zhèng
tyranny; despotic rule
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tyranny is 暴政 (bào zhèng), defined as: tyranny; despotic rule.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tyranny”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸道 | bà dào | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道 |
| 僭主政治 | jiàn zhǔ zhèng zhì | tyranny; government by usurper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暴政.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴力 | bào lì | violence; force |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 暴露 | bào lù | to expose; to reveal |
| 暴动 (暴動) | bào dòng | insurrection; rebellion |
| 强暴 (強暴) | qiáng bào | violent; to rape |
| 暴雨 | bào yǔ | torrential rain; rainstorm |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government; 个 (gè) |
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tyranny”.
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.