# 報復
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàofù
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^3$ fuk$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): po-fu̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): bo$^ˇ$ fug$^ˋ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor$^4$ horh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pò-ho̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bo$^3$ hog$^8$
* 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: pao$^4$-fu$^5$
*** Yale: bàu-fu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw.fuh
*** Palladius: баофу (baofu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/ → /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$報復 / 报复 抱腹 抱負 / 抱负 暴富
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^3$ fuk$^6$
*** Yale: bou fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^3$ fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^3$ fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³³ fʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-fu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo fug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^4$ fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ fuk̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˇ$ fug$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ fuk²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ horh$^7$ [Phonetic: bor$^1$ horh$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-ho̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ hɒʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ horh$^7$ [Phonetic: bor$^1$ horh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ hɒʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-ho̍k
*** Tâi-lô: pò-ho̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poirhok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bo$^3$ hog$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò ho̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hok̚⁴/

### Verb

報復
* to retaliate; to take revenge

#### Synonyms

* 回報 / 回报 (huíbào)
* 回敬 (huíjìng)
* 報仇 / 报仇 (bàochóu)

#### 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: [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

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 ||||