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- to reign supreme; to dominate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 制霸 "seiha")
Trad. 麥霸
- mic hog
- person who monopolizes the mike at karaoke party (hegemon 霸 of the microphone 麥克風|麦克风)
Trad. 稱霸
- lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon
- to take a leading role
- to build a personal fiefdom
- (slang) (loanword) big boobs
- big-breasted
- (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
- a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- overlord
- hegemon
- to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself
Trad. 霸機
- (of passengers) to stage a sit-in after the plane has landed (as a protest against bad service etc) (Tw)
Trad. 霸氣
- imperious; aggressive; assertive
- dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:股[gu3])
Trad. 霸總
- handsome high-powered businessman (abbr. for 霸道總裁|霸道总裁[ba4 dao4 zong3 cai2])
- 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
- brigand
- (modern) uncivil driver; road hog
- (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll
- (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place
- Bazhou, a county-level city in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei
Trad. 愛詞霸
- iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com
Trad. 街頭霸王
- Street Fighter (video game series)
- the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]
Trad. 獨霸一方
- to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
- to hold as one's personal fiefdom
- bubble milk tea (Tw)
- Boba milk tea
- tapioca milk tea
- see also 珍珠奶茶[zhen1 zhu1 nai3 cha2]
- the Way of the Hegemon
- despotic rule
- abbr. to 霸道
Trad. 霸王別姬
- The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1])
- Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
Trad. 霸王條款
- (law) unfair clause
- unequal clause
Trad. 霸道總裁
- handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)
- (idiom) to dominate the market through unfair, coercive or monopolistic practices
Trad. 星海爭霸
- StarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
Trad. 橫行霸道
- to oppress
- to rule as a despot
- to tyrannize
- to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
- to rape
Trad. 巨無霸指數
- Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
Trad. 巨無霸漢堡包指數
- Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies