報恩

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 報恩. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 報恩, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 報恩 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 報恩 you have here. The definition of the word 報恩 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of報恩, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

See also: 报恩

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	kind act (from above)
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
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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-ên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo en´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ en¹
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ en²⁴/
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑu^H/	/ʔən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	ēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou³	an¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s ʔˤə/

(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/
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. * 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

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 (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

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

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia