# 破壞
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pòhuài
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): po$^3$ waai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-fái
* Eastern Min (BUC): pó̤-huâi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phò͘-hoāi / phò-hoāi / phò-hāi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pua$^3$ huai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pòhuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pòhuài
*** Wade–Giles: pʻo$^4$-huai$^4$
*** Yale: pwò-hwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohhuay
*** Palladius: похуай (poxuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: po$^3$ waai$^6$
*** Yale: po waaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: po$^3$ waai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: po$^3$ wai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔː³³ waːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-fái
*** Hakka Romanization System: po fai$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: po$^4$ fai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ fai̯³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pó̤-huâi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰo²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(h-)}$uɑi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-hoāi
*** Tâi-lô: phòo-huāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phorhoai
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huai⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hoāi
*** Tâi-lô: phò-huāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhoai
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ huai³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ huai²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ huai³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hāi
*** Tâi-lô: phò-hāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhai
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ hai³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hai³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pua$^3$ huai$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuà huăi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huai³⁵/

### Verb

破壞
* to damage; to destroy; to ruin; to vandalize; to sabotage; to contaminate
    破壞公物／破坏公物 ― pòhuài gōngwù ― to damage public property
    破壞生產／破坏生产 ― pòhuài shēngchǎn ― to sabotage production
    破壞網絡／破坏网络 ― pòhuài wǎngluò ― to damage a network
    破壞案發現場／破坏案发现场 ― pòhuài ànfā xiànchǎng ― to contaminate the crime scene
* to eliminate; to get rid of
* to violate

#### Synonyms

* (to damage):
* 亂 / 乱 (luàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
* 圮毀 / 圮毁 (pǐhuǐ) (literary)
* 壞 / 坏 (huài)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 損壞 / 损坏 (sǔnhuài)
* 損毀 / 损毁 (sǔnhuǐ)
* 搗砸 / 捣砸 (dau$^2$ zah$^5$) (Jin)
* 摧殘 / 摧残 (cuīcán)
* 摧毀 / 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
* 毀 / 毁 (huǐ)
* 毀壞 / 毁坏 (huǐhuài)
* 毀損 / 毁损 (huǐsǔn)
* 決裂 / 决裂 (juéliè) (archaic)
* 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
* 糟 (zāo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 糟蹋 (zāotà)
* 隳 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
* (to eliminate):
* 免
* 免除 (miǎnchú)
* 刷 (colloquial)
* 削 (literary, or in compounds)
* 削除 (xuēchú)
* 去掉 (qùdiào)
* 去除 (qùchú)
* 報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
* 屏除 (bǐngchú)
* 廓清 (kuòqīng)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 掃 / 扫
* 排解 (páijiě)
* 掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
* 排除 (páichú)
* 摒除 (bìngchú)
* 撤 (chè)
* 撤除 (chèchú)
* 消 (xiāo)
* 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
* 消解 (xiāojiě)
* 消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
* 消除 (xiāochú)
* 淘汰 (táotài)
* 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
* 清除 (qīngchú)
* 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
* 破除 (pòchú)
* 祛除 (qūchú)
* 罷 / 罢
* 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
* 肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
* 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
* 解除 (jiěchú)
* 鋤 / 锄 (chú)
* 鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
* 除
* 除去 (chúqù)
* 除忒 (Hakka)
* 除掉 (chúdiào)
* 除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
* 革除 (géchú)
* 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
* 驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
* 驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)
* (to violate):
* 乖 (guāi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 犯 (fàn)
* 背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
* 違反 / 违反 (wéifǎn)
* 違背 / 违背 (wéibèi)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to damage”): 保護／保护 (bǎohù)

#### Derived terms

* 破壞力 / 破坏力 (pòhuàilì)
* 破壞性 / 破坏性 (pòhuàixìng)
* 破壞者 / 破坏者 (pòhuàizhě)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 破 | 壞 |
| は Grade: 5 | かい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 破壞 – see the following entry. :
| 【破壊はかい】 | [noun] destruction, demolition [verb] destroy; demolish; vandalize |
(This term, 破壞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 破 | 壞 |

### Noun

破壞 • (pagoe) (hangeul 파괴)
* hanja form of 파괴 (“destruction”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 破 | 壞 |

### Verb

破壞
* chữ Hán form of phá hoại (“to vandalize; to sabotage”).