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Chinese
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surname; match; mate surname; match; mate; hatred; animosity; enmity; a rival; an enemy; feud |
| trad. (報仇)
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報
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仇
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| simp. (报仇)
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报
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仇
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| alternative forms
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報讎 archaic
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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報
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bào
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pawH ›
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‹ gjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pˁuk-s/
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/*(r)u/
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| English
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repay
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mate (*n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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報
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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329
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6944
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Phonetic
component
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報
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九
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Rime
group
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奧
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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報
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𧚍
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Old
Chinese
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/*puːɡs/
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/*ɡu/
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Verb
報⫽仇 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to revenge; to avenge
必報讎，寧事戎狄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
必报雠，宁事戎狄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Bì bàochóu, níng shì róngdí.
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今智伯知我，我必爲報讎而死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今智伯知我，我必为报雠而死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Jīn Zhì bó zhī wǒ, wǒ bì wèi bàochóu ér sǐ.
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太原、上黨又多晉公族子孫，以詐力相傾，矜夸功名，報仇過直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
太原、上党又多晋公族子孙，以诈力相倾，矜夸功名，报仇过直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Tàiyuán, Shàngdǎng yòu duō Jìn gōngzú zǐsūn, yǐ zhàlì xiàngqīng, jīnkuā gōngmíng, bàochóu guòzhí, jiàqǔ sòngsǐ shēmǐ.
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