報曉

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	dawn; to know; to tell (someone something)
trad. (報曉)		報	曉
simp. (报晓)		报	晓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàoxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ hiu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàoxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàosiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-hsiao³
  - Yale: bàu-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawsheau
  - Palladius: баосяо (baosjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ hiu²
  - Yale: bou híu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ hiu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ hiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ hiːu̯³⁵/

Verb

報⫽曉 (verb-object)

(of a cock, bell, etc.) to herald the break of day; to be a harbinger of dawn

Synonyms

(Hokkien, Puxian Min) 叫更

References

“報曉”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.