回報

简 回报 · 繁 回報
Mandarin · pinyin huí bào

Meanings

  1. (in) return
  2. reciprocation
  3. payback
  4. retaliation
  5. to report back
  6. to reciprocate
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回
huí · return, turn around; a time
報
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报
bào · report, tell, announce
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2–4 · hui2 bao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wui4 bou3

Cantonese word readings for 回報. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to report back; to return with a report
  2. to reciprocate; to repay; to pay back
  3. to take revenge
  4. to retaliate; to fight back
  5. to be rewarded (for one's efforts)

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