报复 meaning in English

bàofù

to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 報復16 strokes

Meaning of 报复

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bàofù
  1. to make reprisals; to retaliate
  2. revenge; retaliation

报复 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā对duì杀shā父fù凶xiōng手shǒu进jìn行xíng了le报bào复fù。
He avenged the murder of his father.

Stroke order for each character

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报 bào · to report · 7 strokes

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复 fù · again · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 报复.

报纸bàozhǐnewspaper; newsprint
重复chóngfùto repeat; to duplicate
报名bàomíngto sign up; to enter one's name
日报rìbàodaily newspaper
复习fùxíto review; revision
晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
报告bàogàoto inform; to report
复杂fùzácomplicated; complex
报道bàodàoto report (news); report
反复fǎnfùrepeatedly; over and over
复印fùyìnto photocopy; to duplicate a document
报到bàodàoto report for duty; to check in

Questions about 报复

What does 报复 mean?

报复 (bàofù) means "to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 报复?

报复 is made of 2 characters: 报 (7 strokes), 复 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 报复 an HSK word?

Yes. 报复 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 报复 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 报复 is written 報復.