报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
报酬
bàochou
remuneration; reward
Characters in this word
酬 chóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 州 state, province, prefecture
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份工作的报酬并不高，但能让年轻律师接触大量真实案件。 Zhè fèn gōngzuò de bàochou bìng bù gāo, dàn néng ràng niánqīng lǜshī jiēchù dàliàng zhēnshí ànjiàn. The pay for this job is not high, but it lets young lawyers handle many real cases.
- 她帮朋友翻译了一份文件，却没有要任何报酬。 Tā bāng péngyou fānyì le yí fèn wénjiàn, què méiyǒu yào rènhé bàochou. She translated a document for a friend but did not ask for any payment.
- 做志愿者没有报酬，但是大家都做得很开心。 Zuò zhìyuànzhě méiyǒu bàochou, dànshì dàjiā dōu zuò de hěn kāixīn. Volunteers get no pay, but everyone enjoys doing it.
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