報水

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	water; river
trad. (報水)		報	水
simp. (报水)		报	水

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: pò-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poirzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

報水

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to inform against or on someone

Synonyms

• port (pot¹) (Cantonese, Hong Kong)
• 出首 (chūshǒu) (literary)
• 告密 (gàomì)
• 告發／告发 (gàofā)
• 控 (literary, or in compounds)
• 檢舉／检举 (jiǎnjǔ)
• 舉報／举报 (jǔbào)