HSK 5 · Work

报告 bàogào “to inform” in Chinese

Traditional 報告

What 报告 means

  1. to inform
  2. to report
  3. to make known
  4. speech
  5. talk

Measure word 篇 piān or 份 fèn · 一篇报告 yì piān bàogào

How to say 报告

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling

报告 in a sentence

  1. 请把进展情况报告一下。

    Qǐng bǎ jìnzhǎn qíngkuàng bàogào yíxià.

    Please report on the progress.

    Sentence #8697597 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 报告 is also a noun, “a report”

    我今天必须交报告。

    Wǒ jīntiān bìxū jiāo bàogào.

    I have to hand in my report today.

    Sentence #887787 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 报告 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 报 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
报bàoto report; to inform; to announce
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
The character 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 报告

报 7 strokes · 告 7 strokes

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报告 (bàogào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 报告 (bàogào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 报告

Words with 报

报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper报名bàomíng · to sign up报道bàodào · to report (news)报到bàodào · to report for duty预报yùbào · forecast报社bàoshè · newspaper office报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate报酬bàochou · pay

Words with 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant原告yuángào · plaintiff布告bùgào · notice

More words: Work & Career

报到bàodào · to report for duty编辑biānjí · to edit部门bùmén · department辞职cízhí · to resign从事cóngshì · to engage in助手zhùshǒu · assistant资深zīshēn · senior作风zuòfēng · style (of work)

FAQs

报告 (bàogào) means “to inform” or “to report”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bàogào: bào with a 4th tone, then gào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 报告 is written 報告. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 篇 (piān) or 份 (fèn). For example, one to inform is 一篇报告 (yì piān bàogào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baogao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 报告 from the suggestions. Typing baogao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
报告 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.