強力部門

Chinese

		strong; powerful; strength	department; branch; section department; branch; section; division; agency; sector
trad. (強力部門)		強力	部門
simp. (强力部门)		强力	部门
Literally: “powerful agency/agencies”.

Etymology

Calque of Russian силовик (silovik).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánglì bùmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁴ lik⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánglì bùmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánglì bùmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-li⁴ pu⁴-mên²
    • Yale: chyáng-lì bù-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanglih buhmen
    • Palladius: цянли бумэнь (cjanli bumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁴ lik⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: kèuhng lihk bouh mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁴ lik⁹ bou⁶ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁴ lig⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ²¹ lɪk̚² pou̯²² muːn²¹/

Noun

強力部門

1. silovik
2. (by extension) the security services and law enforcement agencies