报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
报仇
bàochóu
to take revenge; avenge
Characters in this word
仇 chóu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 九 nine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他以为报仇能让自己解脱，结果只是把仇恨延续到了下一代。 Tā yǐwéi bàochóu néng ràng zìjǐ jiětuō, jiéguǒ zhǐshì bǎ chóuhèn yánxù dào le xià yí dài. He thought revenge would set him free, but in the end it only passed hatred on to the next generation.
- 上次比赛我输了，这回一定要报仇。 Shàng cì bǐsài wǒ shū le, zhè huí yídìng yào bàochóu. I lost last time, so this time I'm going to get my revenge.
- 弟弟打游戏输给了哥哥，嚷着明天要报仇。 Dìdi dǎ yóuxì shū gěi le gēge, rāng zhe míngtiān yào bàochóu. The younger brother lost a video game to his older brother and shouted that he'd get his revenge tomorrow.
Related words
- 报名 bàomíng to sign up
- 报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper
- 日报 rìbào daily newspaper
- 晚报 wǎnbào evening newspaper
- 报 bào newspaper
- 报到 bàodào to check in; to register
- 报道 bàodào to report; news report
- 报告 bàogào report; speech
- 预报 yùbào forecast
- 汇报 huìbào to report
- 报答 bàodá to repay someone's kindness
- 报警 bàojǐng to call the police