現世報

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Chinese

		this life; to see the light of day; to come out	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (現世報)		現世	報
simp. (现世报)		现世	报

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànshìbào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ sai³ bou³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-sè-pò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshìbào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànshìhbào
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shih⁴-pao⁴
  - Yale: syàn-shr̀-bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshyhbaw
  - Palladius: сяньшибао (sjanʹšibao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ sai³ bou³
  - Yale: yihn sai bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ sai³ bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ sei³ bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² sɐi̯³³ pou̯³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ²¹ ^(ɬ-)ne⁴²⁻⁵⁵ pɒ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ²¹ ^(ɬ-)ne⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βɒ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-sè-pò
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-sè-pò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsea'poix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁵³ po²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁵³ po²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹⁻⁵³ po¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ²¹/

Noun

現世報

(Buddhism) karmic retribution within one's lifetime
(figuratively) retribution that comes quickly

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “现世报”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

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