報讎

See also: 报雠

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	enmity; feud
trad. (報讎)		報	讎
simp. (报雠)		报	雠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàochóu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàochóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàochóu
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-chʻou²
  - Yale: bàu-chóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawchour
  - Palladius: баочоу (baočou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    報仇 / 报仇
    報讎 / 报雠
    報酬 / 报酬

Middle Chinese: pawH dzyuw

Rime
Character	報	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博耗切	市流切
Baxter	pawH	dzyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^H/	/d͡ʑɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^H/	/d͡ʑiu/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^H/	/d͡ʑiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^H/	/d͡ʑuw/
Li Rong	/pɑu^H/	/ʑiu/
Wang Li	/pɑu^H/	/ʑĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/	/ʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou³	sau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s [d]u/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs ɡju/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	報	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào	chóu
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^H ›	‹ dzyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuk-s/	/*[d]u/
English	repay	pay back; enemy
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	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	329	1515
Phonetic component	報	雔
Rime group	奧	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	報	讎
Old Chinese	/*puːɡs/	/*ɡju/

Verb

報讎

(orthographically archaic) to seek vengeance; to avenge

Synonyms

報仇／报仇 (bàochóu)