報恩

See also: 报恩

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	kind act (from above)
trad. (報恩)		報	恩
simp. (报恩)		报	恩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào'ēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): po-ên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pò-un

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo³ eng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào-en
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-ên¹
    • Yale: bàu-ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawen
    • Palladius: баоэнь (baoenʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ jan¹
    • Yale: bou yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-ên
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo en´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ en¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-un
    • Tâi-lô: pò-un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ un³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ un⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ un⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo³ eng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɯŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pawH 'on

Rime
Character	報	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博耗切	烏痕切
Baxter	pawH	'on
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑuH/	/ʔən/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑuH/	/ʔən/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑuH/	/ʔən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pawH/	/ʔən/
Li Rong	/pɑuH/	/ʔən/
Wang Li	/pɑuH/	/ən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑuH/	/ʔən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	ēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou3	an1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s  ʔˤə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs  qɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào	ēn
Middle Chinese	‹ pawH ›	‹ ʔon ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/	/*ʔˁə[n]/
English	repay	kindness, favor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	報	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	329	15174
Phonetic component	報	因
Rime group	奧	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	報	恩
Old Chinese	/*puːɡs/	/*qɯːn/

Verb

報⫽恩 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to repay a kindness

Synonyms

• 回報／回报 (huíbào)
• 報償／报偿 (bàocháng)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (報恩):

• → Japanese: 報恩(ほうおん) (hōon)
• → Korean: 보은(報恩) (bo'eun)
• → Vietnamese: báo ân (報恩)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
報	恩
ほう Grade: 5	おん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーおん [hòóóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

報(ほう)恩(おん) • (hōon) 

1. repaying a kindness; gratitude