暴走

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
simp. and trad. (暴走)		暴	走

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàozǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄗㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàozǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄗㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàozǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-tsou³
  - Yale: bàu-dzǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawtzoou
  - Palladius: баоцзоу (baoczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ zau²
  - Yale: bouh jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ zeo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

暴走

to walk tirelessly; to go for a long hike; to trudge

Derived terms

暴走族 (bàozǒuzú)
暴走鞋 (bàozǒuxié)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴	走
ぼう Grade: 5	そう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

暴(ぼう)走(そう) • (bōsō)

recklessly running around
(of a train, car, etc) runaway; moving out of control or as if out of control; reckless driving

Derived terms

暴走族(ぼうそうぞく) (bōsōzoku, “motorcycle gang”)

Verb

暴(ぼう)走(そう)する • (bōsō suru) suru (stem 暴(ぼう)走(そう)し (bōsō shi), past 暴(ぼう)走(そう)した (bōsō shita))

drive at extreme speed
drive recklessly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暴走する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	暴走し	ぼうそうし	bōsō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	暴走し	ぼうそうし	bōsō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	暴走する	ぼうそうする	bōsō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	暴走する	ぼうそうする	bōsō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	暴走すれ	ぼうそうすれ	bōsō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	暴走せよ¹ 暴走しろ²	ぼうそうせよ¹ ぼうそうしろ²	bōsō seyo¹ bōsō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	暴走される	ぼうそうされる	bōsō sareru
Causative	暴走させる暴走さす	ぼうそうさせるぼうそうさす	bōsō saseru bōsō sasu
Potential	暴走できる	ぼうそうできる	bōsō dekiru
Volitional	暴走しよう	ぼうそうしよう	bōsō shiyō
Negative	暴走しない	ぼうそうしない	bōsō shinai
Negative continuative	暴走せず	ぼうそうせず	bōsō sezu
Formal	暴走します	ぼうそうします	bōsō shimasu
Perfective	暴走した	ぼうそうした	bōsō shita
Conjunctive	暴走して	ぼうそうして	bōsō shite
Hypothetical conditional	暴走すれば	ぼうそうすれば	bōsō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“暴走”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026