報國

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	country; state; nation
trad. (報國)		報	國
simp. (报国)		报	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàoguó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ gwok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po-goet

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˇ gued
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor⁴ gorh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàoguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàoguó
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: bàu-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawgwo
  - Palladius: баого (baogo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ gwok³
  - Yale: bou gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-goet
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ gu̯et̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˇ gued
  - Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ kuet⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴ gorh⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-go̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴² kɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴ gorh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴² kɒʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-kok
  - Tâi-lô: pò-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poirkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: pawH kwok

Rime
Character	報	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博耗切	古或切
Baxter	pawH	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^H/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^H/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^H/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^H/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/pɑu^H/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/pɑu^H/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou³	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s [C.q]ʷˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^H ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	repay	state (n.)
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	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	329	5547
Phonetic component	報	或
Rime group	奧	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	報	國
Old Chinese	/*puːɡs/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Verb

報⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(literary) to devote oneself to the service of one's country