報喪

See also: 报丧

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	lose (by death); mourning; funeral
trad. (報喪)		報	喪
simp. (报丧)		报	丧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bàosāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄙㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao⁴ sang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ song¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bau⁴ song¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bau⁴ sang¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bau³ son¹
Northern Min (KCR): ba̿u-só̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-song
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau-saon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàosāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄙㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàosang
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-sang¹
  - Yale: bàu-sāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawsang
  - Palladius: баосан (baosan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao⁴ sang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baosang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³ saŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ song¹
  - Yale: bou sōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ song¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ song¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bau⁴ song¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵ sɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bau⁴ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pau⁵³ saŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bau³ son¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁴⁵ sɒ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ba̿u-só̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³ sɔŋ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-song
  - Tâi-lô: pò-song
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poirsofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pau-saon
  - MiniDict: pau^去 saon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-saan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ sɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

報⫽喪 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to announce someone's death
報喪女妖／报丧女妖 ― bàosàng nǚyāo ― banshee

Synonyms

(literary) 告喪／告丧 (gàosāng)
(Hokkien) 放白帖

Derived terms

報喪帖 / 报丧帖