報復

See also: 报复

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
trad. (報復)		報	復
simp. (报复)		报	复

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàofù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ fuk⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po-fu̍k

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˇ fug^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor⁴ horh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pò-ho̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo³ hog⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàofù → bàofu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ → ㄅㄠˋ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàofů
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: bàu-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw.fuh
  - Palladius: баофу (baofu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    報復 / 报复
    抱腹
    抱負 / 抱负
    暴富
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ fuk⁶
  - Yale: bou fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ fuk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˇ fug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ fuk²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor⁴ horh⁷ [Phonetic: bor¹ horh⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-ho̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ hɒʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pò-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poirhok
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo³ hog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò ho̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hok̚⁴/

Verb

報復

to retaliate; to take revenge

Synonyms

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回報 / 回报 (huíbào)
回敬 (huíjìng)
報仇 / 报仇 (bàochóu)
報冤仇 / 报冤仇 (Hakka)
討報仇 / 讨报仇 (tō̤-bó̤-siù) (Eastern Min)

Derived terms

報復主義 / 报复主义 (bàofù zhǔyì)
報復性 / 报复性 (bàofùxìng)
報復陷害罪 / 报复陷害罪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
報	復
ほう Grade: 5	ふく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーふく [hòófúkú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Noun

報(ほう)復(ふく) • (hōfuku)

revenge; retribution; retaliation
- 2015, バットマンアーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by Batman (Shinshū Fuji), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:
  
  私(わたし)は「報(ほう)復(ふく)」！私(わたし)は「夜(よる)」！私(わたし)はバットマン！
  Watashi wa “hōfuku”! Watashi wa “yoru”! Watashi wa Battoman!
  I am “vengeance”! I am “the night”! I am Batman!

Verb

報(ほう)復(ふく)する • (hōfuku suru) suru (stem 報(ほう)復(ふく)し (hōfuku shi), past 報(ほう)復(ふく)した (hōfuku shita))

to take revenge; to retaliate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "報復する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	報復し	ほうふくし	hōfuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	報復し	ほうふくし	hōfuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	報復する	ほうふくする	hōfuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	報復する	ほうふくする	hōfuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	報復すれ	ほうふくすれ	hōfuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	報復せよ¹ 報復しろ²	ほうふくせよ¹ ほうふくしろ²	hōfuku seyo¹ hōfuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	報復される	ほうふくされる	hōfuku sareru
Causative	報復させる報復さす	ほうふくさせるほうふくさす	hōfuku saseru hōfuku sasu
Potential	報復できる	ほうふくできる	hōfuku dekiru
Volitional	報復しよう	ほうふくしよう	hōfuku shiyō
Negative	報復しない	ほうふくしない	hōfuku shinai
Negative continuative	報復せず	ほうふくせず	hōfuku sezu
Formal	報復します	ほうふくします	hōfuku shimasu
Perfective	報復した	ほうふくした	hōfuku shita
Conjunctive	報復して	ほうふくして	hōfuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	報復すれば	ほうふくすれば	hōfuku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“報復”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
報	復

Noun

報復 • (bobok) (hangeul 보복)

hanja form^? of 보복 (“revenge”)