黑暴

hēibào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 black-clad violence (term used in mainland Chinese media for the 2019 Hong Kong protests)
  2. 2 rioting by black-clothed protesters

Examples

Méitǐ dàliàng bàodào le nà duàn shíjiān de hēibào shìjiàn.
The media extensively covered the 'black violence' incidents from that period.
Tā duì hēibào de miáoshù dài yǒu míngxiǎn de lìchǎng.
His description of the 'black violence' carried a clear political stance.

Tips

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A 2019 neologism. Strongly tied to mainland Chinese / pro-Beijing framing of the Hong Kong protests — black () refers to protesters' black clothing. Use with awareness of its political loading.
history
Coined during the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition protests. The same events are described very differently in pro-democracy sources, where terms like (fǎnsòngzhōng, anti-extradition) are preferred.

Stroke Order

hēi
bào