報國

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge	country; state; nation
trad. (報國)		報	國
simp. (报国)		报	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàoguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): po-goet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàoguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàoguó
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: bàu-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawgwo
    • Palladius: баого (baogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ gwok³
    • Yale: bou gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-goet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo gued^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵ gu̯et̚²/
• 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/

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• 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	/pɑuH/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑuH/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑuH/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pawH/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/pɑuH/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/pɑuH/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑuH/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou3	gwak1

• 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	‹ pawH ›	‹ 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)

1. (literary) to devote oneself to the service of one's country