報本

See also: 报本

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (報本)		報	本
simp. (报本)		报	本
anagram		本報／本报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ bun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàoběn
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-pên³
    • Yale: bàu-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbeen
    • Palladius: баобэнь (baobɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ bun²
    • Yale: bou bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ puːn³⁵/

Verb

報本

1. (literary) to repay a kindness; to show one's gratitude