报 bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
报销
bàoxiāo
to reimburse; to claim expenses
Characters in this word
销 xiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 出差期间的交通费必须凭正规发票报销，口头说明一律无效。 Chūchāi qījiān de jiāotōngfèi bìxū píng zhèngguī fāpiào bàoxiāo, kǒutóu shuōmíng yílǜ wúxiào. Transport costs during business trips must be reimbursed with proper invoices; verbal explanations are not accepted.
- 公司可以报销我们出差时的住宿费。 Gōngsī kěyǐ bàoxiāo wǒmen chūchāi shí de zhùsùfèi. The company can reimburse our accommodation costs on business trips.
- 发票丢了，这顿饭的钱就没法报销了。 Fāpiào diū le, zhè dùn fàn de qián jiù méi fǎ bàoxiāo le. The receipt is lost, so the money for this meal can't be reimbursed.
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