現世報

Chinese

		this life; to see the light of day; to come out	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (現世報)		現世	報
simp. (现世报)		现世	报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànshìbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ sai³ bou³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-sè-pò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshìbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànshìhbào
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shih⁴-pao⁴
    • Yale: syàn-shr̀-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshyhbaw
    • Palladius: сяньшибао (sjanʹšibao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ sai³ bou³
    • Yale: yihn sai bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ sai³ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ sei³ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² sɐi̯³³ pou̯³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴ [Phonetic: heng⁵ ne¹ bor⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ²¹ ^(ɬ-)ne⁴²⁻⁵⁵ pɒ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: heng⁵ se⁴ bor⁴ [Phonetic: heng⁵ ne¹ bhor⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛŋ²¹ ^(ɬ-)ne⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βɒ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-sè-pò
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-sè-pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsea'poix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁵³ po²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ po⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁵³ po²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹⁻⁵³ po¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁴¹ pɤ²¹/

Noun

現世報

1. (Buddhism) karmic retribution within one's lifetime
2. (figuratively) retribution that comes quickly

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “现世报”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.