壓霸

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (壓霸)		壓	霸
simp. (压霸)		压	霸
alternative forms		鴨霸／鸭霸惡霸／恶霸

Etymology

Originally Hokkien.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yābà

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄅㄚˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-pà

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yābà
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄅㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yabà
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-pa⁴
  - Yale: yā-bà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iabah
  - Palladius: яба (jaba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ pä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    壓霸 / 压霸
    鴨霸 / 鸭霸
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-pà
  - Tâi-lô: ah-pà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ahpax
  - IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pa²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pa²¹/

Adjective

壓霸

(chiefly Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) rude and unreasonable

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 霸道 (bàdào)

Further reading

“壓霸”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.