報恩

See also: 报恩

Chinese

		announce repay	kind act kindness
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

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˇ en^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor⁴ yng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pò-un

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo³ eng¹

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-ên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo en^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ en¹
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˇ en^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ en⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴ yng¹ [Phonetic: bor¹ yng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-ṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ yŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴ yng¹ [Phonetic: bor¹ yng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ yŋ⁵⁴⁴/
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/

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	/pɑu^H/	/ʔən/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^H/	/ʔən/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^H/	/ʔən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^H/	/ʔən/
Li Rong	/pɑu^H/	/ʔən/
Wang Li	/pɑu^H/	/ən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/	/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	‹ paw^H ›	‹ 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)

to repay a kindness

Synonyms

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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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

報(ほう)恩(おん) • (hōon)

repaying a kindness; gratitude

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
報	恩

Verb

報恩

chữ Hán form of báo ân (“to repay a kindness”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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