報

See also: 报

報	U+5831, 報 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5831

報	U+2F857, 報 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F857

TranslingualEdit

報 (radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土十尸中水 (GJSLE), four-corner 4744₇, composition ⿰幸𠬝)

trad.		報
simp.		报

Historical forms of the character 報
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 㚔 (“handcuffs”) + 𠬝 (“to subdue”) – to convict; to punish; to declare guilty.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bào
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³
  - Yale: bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò
  - Tâi-lô: pò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pau (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ³⁴/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/
English	repay
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.

報

^† to judge
to avenge; to take revenge
- 報仇 / 报仇 ― bàochóu ― to take revenge
- 報復 / 报复 ― bàofù ― to revenge, to retaliate
to repay; to requite; to recompense
- 報酬 / 报酬 ― bàochóu ― reward
- 報應 / 报应 ― bàoyìng ― retribution
- 惡報 / 恶报 ― wùbào ― retribution
- 果報 / 果报 ― guǒbào ― karma
- 無以為報 / 无以为报 ― wúyǐwéibào ― to be unable to repay a favor
- 以怨報德 / 以怨报德 ― yǐyuànbàodé ― to return evil for good
divine retribution; karma; nemesis
to announce; to inform; to report; to tell
- 我要報一宗盜竊案。 [MSC, trad.]
  我要报一宗盗窃案。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ yào bào yī zōng dàoqiè àn. [Pinyin]
  I want to report a theft.
- 這個公司報虧損之后，價格就下滑。 [MSC, trad.]
  这个公司报亏损之后，价格就下滑。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhè ge gōngsī bào kuīsǔn zhīhòu, jiàgé jiù xiàhuá. [Pinyin]
  The price went down after the company reported a loss.
report; information
- 報告 / 报告 ― bàogào ― report, lecture
newspaper (Classifier: 份 m; 張／张 m)
- 報紙 / 报纸 ― bàozhǐ ― newspaper
- 日報 / 日报 ― rìbào ― daily newspaper
bulletin; newsletter; report
journal; periodical
Short for 電報／电报 (diànbào, “telegram”).