悲報

Chinese

		sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (悲報)		悲	報
simp. (悲报)		悲	报

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 悲報 (hihō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēibào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄅㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēibào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beibào
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹-pao⁴
  - Yale: bēi-bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beibaw
  - Palladius: бэйбао (bɛjbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

悲報

(Internet slang, neologism) news that brings sorrow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	報
ひ Grade: 3	ほう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひほー [hìhóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çiho̞ː]

Noun

悲(ひ)報(ほう) • (hihō) ^{←ひほう (fifou)^?}

news that brings sorrow
悲報(ひほう)を受(う)け取(と)った。
Hihō o uketotta.
We received the sad news.

【悲報(ひほう)】冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ)、壊(こわ)れた
【Hihō】Reizōko, kowareta
TRAGIC: Local man's refrigerator breaks

Antonyms

朗報(ろうほう) (rōhō)

References

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

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.