# 報國
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàoguó
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^3$ gwok$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): po-goet
    (Hailu, HRS): bo$^ˇ$ gued
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor$^4$ gorh$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-kok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàoguó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàoguó
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^4$-kuo$^2$
*** Yale: bàu-gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawgwo
*** Palladius: баого (baogo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^3$ gwok$^3$
*** Yale: bou gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^3$ gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^3$ guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-goet
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo gued$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^4$ gued$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ gu̯et̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˇ$ gued
*** Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ kuet⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ gorh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-go̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴² kɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ gorh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴² kɒʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-kok
*** Tâi-lô: pò-kok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poirkog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: pawH kwok
Rime :
| Character | 報 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 德 (132) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 博耗切 | 古或切 |
| Baxter | pawH | kwok |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kʷək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paw$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pɑu$^H$/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^3$ | gwak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s [C.q]ʷˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs kʷɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 報 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào | guó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ paw$^H$ › | ‹ kwok › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁuk-s/ | /*[C.q]ʷˁək/ |
| English | repay | state (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 報 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 329 | 5547 |
| Phonetic component | 報 | 或 |
| Rime group | 奧 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 報 | 國 |
| Old Chinese | /*puːɡs/ | /*kʷɯːɡ/ |

### Verb

報⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (literary) to devote oneself to the service of one's country