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bào
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to announce
  2. 2. to inform
  3. 3. report
  4. 4. newspaper
  5. 5. recompense
  6. 6. revenge

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Words Containing 报

报童
bào tóng

paperboy

报酬
bào chóu

reward

黑板报
hēi bǎn bào

blackboard bulletin with short news items written on it (can usually be found in factories, schools etc)

通报
tōng bào

to inform

综合报导
zōng hé bào dǎo

summary report

报道摄影师
bào dào shè yǐng shī

photojournalist

报纸
bào zhǐ

newspaper

邸报
dǐ bào

imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty

报人
bào rén

newsman

费用报销单
fèi yòng bào xiāo dān

expense claim form

报盘
bào pán

offer

天气预报
tiān qì yù bào

weather forecast

华商晨报
huá shāng chén bào

China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)

捷报频传
jié bào pín chuán

victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream

报社
bào shè

newspaper (i.e. a company)

报警器
bào jǐng qì

alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm)

中国经营报
zhōng guó jīng yíng bào

China Business (a Beijing newspaper)

新华日报
xīn huá rì bào

Xinhua Daily newspaper

世界日报
shì jiè rì bào

World Journal, US newspaper

报界
bào jiè

the press

报税表
bào shuì biǎo

a tax return

小报
xiǎo bào

tabloid newspaper

每日快报
měi rì kuài bào

Daily Express (newspaper)

报喜不报忧
bào xǐ bù bào yōu

to report only the good news, not the bad news

报刊
bào kān

newspapers and periodicals

计划报废
jì huà bào fèi

planned obsolescence

纽约时报
niǔ yuē shí bào

New York Times (newspaper)

日本电报电话公司
rì běn diàn bào diàn huà gōng sī

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)

举报者
jǔ bào zhě

informer

独立报
dú lì bào

The Independent

收报
shōu bào

to receive mail

华盛顿邮报
huá shèng dùn yóu bào

Washington Post (newspaper)

日人民报
rì rén mín bào

(vulgar) derogatory name (in which 日[rì] means 肏[cào]) for the \People's Daily\ 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào]

年报
nián bào

annual report

报国
bào guó

to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country

报功
bào gōng

to report a heroic deed

报案
bào àn

to report a case to the authorities

东方日报
dōng fāng rì bào

Oriental Daily News

星洲日报
xīng zhōu rì bào

Sin Chew Daily, Malaysian newspaper

报批
bào pī

to report for criticism

情报处
qíng bào chù

intelligence office; intelligence section

报摊
bào tān

newsstand

报德
bào dé

to repay debts of gratitude

虚报
xū bào

to misreport

报效
bào xiào

render service to repay kindness

获报
huò bào

to receive a report

密报
mì bào

secret report

国际电报电话咨询委员会
guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)

见报
jiàn bào

to appear in the news

报恩
bào ēn

to pay a debt of gratitude

未报
wèi bào

unavenged

晨报
chén bào

morning newspaper

考克斯报告
kǎo kè sī bào gào

Cox Report

报应
bào yìng

(Buddhism) divine retribution

捷报
jié bào

report of success

大字报
dà zì bào

big-character poster

谍报
dié bào

spy report

边际报酬
biān jì bào chóu

marginal returns

广州日报
guǎng zhōu rì bào

Guangzhou Daily

法兰克福汇报
fǎ lán kè fú huì bào

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

电报局
diàn bào jú

telegraph office

报系
bào xì

newspaper chain

每日邮报
měi rì yóu bào

Daily Mail (newspaper)

自报公议
zì bào gōng yì

self-assessment

报告会
bào gào huì

public lecture (with guest speakers etc)

孽报
niè bào

bad karma

论坛报
lùn tán bào

Tribune (in newspaper names)

书报
shū bào

papers and books

报春花
bào chūn huā

primrose (Primula malacoides)

京郊日报
jīng jiāo rì bào

Beijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018

汇报
huì bào

to report

据报道
jù bào dào

according to a report

报告员
bào gào yuán

spokesperson

明报
míng bào

Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)

新京报
xīn jīng bào

Beijing news (newspaper)

京华时报
jīng huá shí bào

Beijing Times (newspaper)

谎报
huǎng bào

to lie

赫芬顿邮报
hè fēn dùn yóu bào

Huffington Post (US online news aggregator)

报警
bào jǐng

to sound an alarm

画报
huà bào

illustrated magazine

军事情报
jūn shì qíng bào

military intelligence

板报
bǎn bào

see 黑板報|黑板报[hēi bǎn bào]

报价单
bào jià dān

quotation

报导
bào dǎo

to report (in the media)

记者报道
jì zhě bào dào

press report

月报
yuè bào

monthly bulletin

报帖
bào tiě

to announce good news in red letters

报子
bào zi

bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)

研究报告
yán jiū bào gào

research report

报告文学
bào gào wén xué

reportage

恶报
è bào

retribution

厚报
hòu bào

generous reward

华商报
huá shāng bào

China Business News (newspaper)

报失
bào shī

report the loss to the authorities concerned

报单
bào dān

a tax declaration form

报忧
bào yōu

to report bad news

中国青年报
zhōng guó qīng nián bào

China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net

新民晚报
xīn mín wǎn bào

Xinmin Evening News

原子科学家通报
yuán zǐ kē xué jiā tōng bào

Journal of Atomic Scientists

情报
qíng bào

information

信报财经新闻
xìn bào cái jīng xīn wén

Hong Kong Economic Journal

法制晚报
fǎ zhì wǎn bào

Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019

华尔街日报
huá ěr jiē rì bào

Wall Street Journal

投资回报率
tóu zī huí bào lǜ

return on investment (ROI)

本报
běn bào

this newspaper

有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

收报人
shōu bào rén

recipient (of mail or a message)

报销
bào xiāo

to submit an expense account

报话机
bào huà jī

walkie-talkie

公报
gōng bào

announcement

报名
bào míng

to sign up

学习时报
xué xí shí bào

Study Times, journal of the Central Party School 中央黨校|中央党校[zhōng yāng dǎng xiào]

投资报酬率
tóu zī bào chóu lǜ

return on investment

报务员
bào wù yuán

telegraph operator

邮报
yóu bào

Post (in the name of a newspaper)

读报
dú bào

to read newspapers

泰晤士报
tài wù shì bào

Times (newspaper)

每日电讯报
měi rì diàn xùn bào

Daily Telegraph (newspaper)

日报
rì bào

daily newspaper

计划性报废
jì huà xìng bào fèi

planned obsolescence

跑警报
pǎo jǐng bào

to run for shelter

综合报道
zōng hé bào dào

comprehensive report

报收
bào shōu

(of a stock on the stock market) to close at (a certain price)

世界报
shì jiè bào

the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany)

纽约邮报
niǔ yuē yóu bào

New York Post (newspaper)

简报
jiǎn bào

presentation

金融时报指数
jīn róng shí bào zhǐ shù

Financial Times stock exchange index (FTSE 100 or footsie)

报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

学报
xué bào

a scholarly journal

电报通知
diàn bào tōng zhī

electronic communication (fax, email etc)

报纸报导
bào zhǐ bào dǎo

newspaper report

星岛日报
xīng dǎo rì bào

Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper

股本回报率
gǔ běn huí bào lǜ

return on equity (ROE)

报头
bào tóu

masthead (of a newspaper etc)

层报
céng bào

to report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy

华侨报
huá qiáo bào

Va Kio Daily

成报
chéng bào

Sing Pao Daily News

报窝
bào wō

to brood

报丧
bào sāng

to announce sb's demise

收报室
shōu bào shì

mail room

晚报
wǎn bào

evening newspaper

应报
yìng bào

see 報應|报应[bào yìng]

大会报告起草人
dà huì bào gào qǐ cǎo rén

rapporteur

年度报告
nián dù bào gào

annual report

因果报应
yīn guǒ bào yìng

(Buddhism) retribution

财报
cái bào

financial report

活报剧
huó bào jù

political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s)

据报
jù bào

it is reported; according to reports

果报
guǒ bào

karma

举报
jǔ bào

to report (malefactors to the police)

阴德必有阳报
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào

hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)

报分
bào fēn

call the score

报幕
bào mù

announce the items on a (theatrical) program

总回报
zǒng huí bào

total return

海峡时报
hǎi xiá shí bào

The Straits Times

报名费
bào míng fèi

registration fee

报馆
bào guǎn

newspaper office

传真电报
chuán zhēn diàn bào

phototelegram

报偿
bào cháng

repay

以直报怨,以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé

to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

报应不爽
bào yìng bù shuǎng

divine retribution is unfailing (idiom)

报酬
bào chou

reward

朝鲜日报
cháo xiǎn rì bào

Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper

快报
kuài bào

bulletin board

电报机
diàn bào jī

telegraph

报税
bào shuì

to file an income tax return

追踪报导
zhuī zōng bào dǎo

follow-up report

光明日报
guāng míng rì bào

Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper

隐瞒不报
yǐn mán bù bào

to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities)

墙报
qiáng bào

wall newspaper

时报
shí bào

\Times\ (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)

报端
bào duān

in the newspaper(s)

报条
bào tiáo

list of deaths

报备
bào bèi

to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions)

报捷
bào jié

report a success

劳动报
láo dòng bào

Trud (Russian newspaper)

收报机
shōu bào jī

telegraph receiver

打小报告
dǎ xiǎo bào gào

(coll.) to tattletale; to rat on sb

报晓
bào xiǎo

to herald the break of day

电报
diàn bào

telegram

工人日报
gōng rén rì bào

Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949

报料人
bào liào rén

informant; news source

打击报复
dǎ jī bào fù

to retaliate

费加罗报
fèi jiā luó bào

Le Figaro

报关
bào guān

to declare at customs

冤冤相报何时了
yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo

if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)

补报
bǔ bào

to make a report after the event

测报
cè bào

to estimate and report

酬报
chóu bào

to repay

北京晚报
běi jīng wǎn bào

Beijing Evening News

中国时报
zhōng guó shí bào

China Times (newspaper)

报禁
bào jìn

restrictions on the publication of newspapers

北京晨报
běi jīng chén bào

Beijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018

办报
bàn bào

to run a newspaper

报户口
bào hù kǒu

to apply for residence

假报告
jiǎ bào gào

false report

白报纸
bái bào zhǐ

newsprint

以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn

to return good for evil (idiom)

报审
bào shěn

to report for judgment

河北日报
hé běi rì bào

Hebei Daily, newspaper founded in 1949

中央日报
zhōng yāng rì bào

Central Daily News

睚眦必报
yá zì bì bào

lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom)

中央情报局
zhōng yāng qíng bào jú

US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA

知恩不报
zhī ēn bù bào

ungrateful

太阳报
tài yáng bào

The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)

君子报仇,十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn

lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)

官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu

to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)

以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó

to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country

播报
bō bào

to announce

施政报告
shī zhèng bào gào

administrative report

报废
bào fèi

to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)

报刊摊
bào kān tān

newsstand

大纪元时报
dà jì yuán shí bào

Epoch Times, US newspaper

解放日报
jiě fàng rì bào

Liberation Daily, www.jfdaily.com

登报
dēng bào

to publish in the newspapers

洛杉矶时报
luò shān jī shí bào

Los Angeles Times

报告
bào gào

to inform

工作报告
gōng zuò bào gào

working report

报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn

to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)

报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ

ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

新海峡时报
xīn hǎi xiá shí bào

New Strait Times (newspaper)

多报
duō bào

to overstate

报告书
bào gào shū

written report

上报
shàng bào

to report to one's superiors

每日镜报
měi rì jìng bào

Daily Mirror (newspaper)

壁报
bì bào

wall newspaper

报章
bào zhāng

newspapers

传报
chuán bào

notification

警报器
jǐng bào qì

siren

有仇不报非君子
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ

a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

预报
yù bào

forecast

早报
zǎo bào

morning newspaper

报上
bào shàng

in the newspaper

报录人
bào lù rén

bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)

真理报
zhēn lǐ bào

Pravda (newspaper)

恶有恶报
è yǒu è bào

evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds

报价
bào jià

to quote a price

剪报
jiǎn bào

newspaper cutting

警报
jǐng bào

(fire) alarm

隐情不报
yǐn qíng bù bào

not to report sth

机关报
jī guān bào

official (government-operated) newspaper

现场报道
xiàn chǎng bào dào

on-the-spot report

恩将仇报
ēn jiāng chóu bào

to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)

报喜
bào xǐ

to announce good news

报料
bào liào

to provide information to a news organization; to tip off

国际先驱论坛报
guó jì xiān qū lùn tán bào

International Herald Tribune

联合公报
lián hé gōng bào

joint announcement

报道
bào dào

to report (news)

金融时报
jīn róng shí bào

Financial Times

回报
huí bào

(in) return

苏报案
sū bào àn

Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容

印度时报
yìn dù shí bào

India Times

公报私仇
gōng bào sī chóu

to use public office to avenge private wrongs

中国证券报
zhōng guó zhèng quàn bào

China Securities Journal

禀报
bǐng bào

to report (to one's superior)

海报
hǎi bào

poster

季报
jì bào

quarterly report

收报员
shōu bào yuán

telegraph operator

隐病不报
yǐn bìng bù bào

not to tell others of one's illness

密码电报
mì mǎ diàn bào

coded telegram

报检
bào jiǎn

quarantine inspection

报答
bào dá

to repay

商报
shāng bào

business newspaper

京报
jīng bào

Peking Gazette (official government bulletin)

中国日报
zhōng guó rì bào

China Daily (an English language newspaper)

据报导
jù bào dǎo

according to (news) reports

播报员
bō bào yuán

announcer

图片报
tú piàn bào

Bild-Zeitung

无以为报
wú yǐ wéi bào

unable to return the favor

呈报
chéng bào

to (submit a) report

报请
bào qǐng

to report, requesting approval

联合报
lián hé bào

United Daily News, Taiwan newspaper

大公报
dà gōng bào

Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name

喜报
xǐ bào

announcement of joyful news

报到
bào dào

to report for duty

报账
bào zhàng

to report expenses

发报
fā bào

to send a message

报复性
bào fù xìng

retaliatory

线报
xiàn bào

tip-off

现世报
xiàn shì bào

karmic retribution within one's lifetime

投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ

toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor

四川日报
sì chuān rì bào

Sichuan Daily

北京日报
běi jīng rì bào

Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn

自报家门
zì bào jiā mén

to introduce oneself

销售时点情报系统
xiāo shòu shí diǎn qíng bào xì tǒng

point of sale system

报摘
bào zhāi

news digest

申报单
shēn bào dān

declaration form

发报人
fā bào rén

sender (of a message)

报信
bào xìn

to notify

法制日报
fǎ zhì rì bào

Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice

报时
bào shí

to give the correct time

还报
huán bào

to return a favor

燕赵都市报
yān zhào dū shì bào

Yanzhao Metropolis Daily

华盛顿时报
huá shèng dùn shí bào

Washington Times (newspaper)

专题报导
zhuān tí bào dǎo

special report (in the media)

感恩图报
gǎn ēn tú bào

grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom)

人民日报
rén mín rì bào

People's Daily (PRC newspaper)

报考
bào kǎo

to enter oneself for an examination

瞒报
mán bào

to falsify by over- or underreporting

报复
bào fù

to make reprisals; to retaliate

实报实销
shí bào shí xiāo

to be reimbursed for actual expenses

美国电话电报公司
měi guó diàn huà diàn bào gōng sī

AT&T

报载
bào zǎi

newspaper report

北京青年报
běi jīng qīng nián bào

Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949

报帐
bào zhàng

render an account

报亭
bào tíng

kiosk

报复心
bào fù xīn

vindictiveness

报表
bào biǎo

forms for reporting statistics

福报
fú bào

karmic reward (Buddhism)

申报
shēn bào

to report (to the authorities)

报税单
bào shuì dān

to declare to customs or to the taxman

表报
biǎo bào

statistical tables and reports

报数
bào shù

number off! (command in military drill)

南华早报
nán huá zǎo bào

South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)

北京周报
běi jīng zhōu bào

Beijing Review

环球时报
huán qiú shí bào

Global Times (weekly digest of international news from People's Daily 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào])

文汇报
wén huì bào

Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong newspaper)

善有善报,恶有恶报
shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào

virtue has its reward, evil its retribution

善有善报
shàn yǒu shàn bào

virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another

报录
bào lù

entry pass for imperial examination

报仇
bào chóu

to take revenge

天使报喜节
tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié

Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March)

报以
bào yǐ

to give in return

报名表
bào míng biǎo

application form

周报
zhōu bào

weekly publication

卫报
wèi bào

The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)