# 報仇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàochóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou$^3$ sau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau$^1$ siu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): po-sù
    (Hailu, HRS): bo$^ˇ$ shiu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor$^4$ siu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pò-siû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bo$^3$ ciu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàochóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàochóu
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^4$-chʻou$^2$
*** Yale: bàu-chóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawchour
*** Palladius: баочоу (baočou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$報仇 / 报仇 報讎 / 报雠 報酬 / 报酬
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^3$ sau$^4$
*** Yale: bou sàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^3$ sau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^3$ seo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³³ sɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^1$ siu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³³ siu²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-sù
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo su$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^4$ su$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ su¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˇ$ shiu
*** Sinological IPA: /po¹¹ ʃiu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ siu$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍-siú
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴² ɬiu¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^4$ siu$^2$ [Phonetic: bor$^1$ siu$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬiu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-siû
*** Tâi-lô: pò-siû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poirsiuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /po²¹⁻⁵³ siu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²¹⁻⁵³ siu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ siu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ siu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bo$^3$ ciu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pò tshiû
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pawH gjuw
Rime :
| Character | 報 | 仇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 博耗切 | 巨鳩切 |
| Baxter | pawH | gjuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɑu$^H$/ | /ɡɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑu$^H$/ | /ɡiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑu$^H$/ | /ɡiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paw$^H$/ | /guw/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑu$^H$/ | /ɡiu/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑu$^H$/ | /ɡĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pɑu$^H$/ | /gi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào | qiú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^3$ | kau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuk-s [ɡ](r)u/
    (Zhengzhang): /*puːɡs ɡu/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 報 | 仇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào | qiú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ paw$^H$ › | ‹ gjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁuk-s/ | /*[ɡ](r)u/ |
| English | repay | mate (*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 | 仇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 329 | 6944 |
| Phonetic component | 報 | 九 |
| Rime group | 奧 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 報 | 𧚍 |
| Old Chinese | /*puːɡs/ | /*ɡu/ |

### Verb

報⫽仇 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to revenge; to avenge
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Bì bàochóu, níng shì róngdí. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jīn Zhì bó zhī wǒ, wǒ bì wèi bàochóu ér sǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Tàiyuán, Shàngdǎng yòu duō Jìn gōngzú zǐsūn, yǐ zhàlì xiàngqīng, jīnkuā gōngmíng, bàochóu guòzhí, jiàqǔ sòngsǐ shēmǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 回報 / 回报 (huíbào)
* 回敬 (huíjìng)
* 報冤仇 / 报冤仇 (Hakka)
* 報復 / 报复 (bàofù)

#### Derived terms

* 借交報仇 / 借交报仇
* 借客報仇 / 借客报仇
* 君子報仇，十年不晚 / 君子报仇，十年不晚 (jūnzǐ bàochóu, shí nián bù wǎn)
* 報仇雪恨 / 报仇雪恨 (bàochóu xuěhèn)
* 報仇雪恥 / 报仇雪耻 (bàochóuxuěchǐ)
* 將恩報仇 / 将恩报仇
* 有冤報冤，有仇報仇 / 有冤报冤，有仇报仇