報償

See also: 报偿

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	to compensate; pay back; to recompense
trad. (報償)		報	償
simp. (报偿)		报	偿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàocháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-siông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàocháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàocháng
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: bàu-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawcharng
    • Palladius: баочан (baočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-siông
    • Tâi-lô: pò-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirsioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ²³/

Noun

報償

1. remuneration; compensation; reward; pay

Synonyms

• 償／偿 (cháng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 報酬／报酬 (bàochóu)
• 待遇 (dàiyù)
• 酬勞／酬劳 (chóuláo)
• 酬報／酬报 (chóubào)

 

Verb

報償

1. to repay; to recompense

Synonyms

• 回報／回报 (huíbào)
• 報恩／报恩 (bào'ēn)
• 報答／报答 (bàodá)
• 補償／补偿 (bǔcháng)
• 補報／补报 (bǔbào)
• 酬勞／酬劳 (chóuláo)
• 酬報／酬报 (chóubào)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
報	償
ほう Grade: 5	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /ho.o.sjo.o/, [ho̞ːɕʲo̞ː]

Noun

報(ほう)償(しょう) • (hōshō) 

1. compensation or reparation for harm or loss

   戦争(せんそう)の損害(そんがい)に対(たい)して報償(ほうしょう)を支払(しはら)う

   sensō no songai ni taishite hōshō o shiharau

   to pay reparations for losses due to war

2. compensation, remuneration, or recompense in return for something

   苦労(くろう)に対(たい)して報償(ほうしょう)を行(おこな)う

   kurō ni taishite hōshō o okonau

   to give recompense for hard work

Synonyms

• (reparations): 賠償(ばいしょう) (baishō)

Verb

報(ほう)償(しょう)する • (hōshō suru) suru (stem 報(ほう)償(しょう)し (hōshō shi), past 報(ほう)償(しょう)した (hōshō shita))

1. to compensate, to pay reparations for harm or loss
2. to compensate, to remunerate, to recompense in return for something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "報償する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	報償し	ほうしょうし	hōshō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	報償し	ほうしょうし	hōshō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	報償する	ほうしょうする	hōshō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	報償する	ほうしょうする	hōshō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	報償すれ	ほうしょうすれ	hōshō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	報償せよ¹ 報償しろ²	ほうしょうせよ¹ ほうしょうしろ²	hōshō seyo¹ hōshō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	報償される	ほうしょうされる	hōshō sareru
Causative	報償させる 報償さす	ほうしょうさせる ほうしょうさす	hōshō saseru hōshō sasu
Potential	報償できる	ほうしょうできる	hōshō dekiru
Volitional	報償しよう	ほうしょうしよう	hōshō shiyō
Negative	報償しない	ほうしょうしない	hōshō shinai
Negative continuative	報償せず	ほうしょうせず	hōshō sezu
Formal	報償します	ほうしょうします	hōshō shimasu
Perfective	報償した	ほうしょうした	hōshō shita
Conjunctive	報償して	ほうしょうして	hōshō shite
Hypothetical conditional	報償すれば	ほうしょうすれば	hōshō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (to make reparations): 賠償(ばいしょう) (baishō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.