The Chinese word 暴动 is a compound term formed by combining two distinct characters, each contributing to its overall meaning. The first character, 暴 (bào), carries meanings of "sudden", "violent", or "cruel", while the second character, 动 (dòng), means "to move" or "action". When combined, they create a noun that literally means "violent movement" or "violent action", which semantically extends to signify an uprising, riot, or rebellion. This formation follows the common Chinese morphological pattern of pairing a modifier (暴, describing the nature) with a core action (动, describing the event), resulting in a precise term for a specific social phenomenon.