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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 霸道

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
霸道 bà dào - 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
- tyranny
- (of liquor, medicine etc) strong
- potent

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 - 19,606 10,999 6,134

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- hegemon
- tyrant
- lord
- feudal chief
- to rule by force
- to usurp
- (in modern advertising) master
- variant of 霸[ba4]
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)

Other Words Containing 霸道

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
霸道 6 - 19,606 10,999 6,134
横行霸道 - - 50,937 18,234 6,971