HSK 6 · Money

回报 huíbào “to repay” in Chinese

Traditional 回報

What 回报 means

  1. to repay
  2. return
  3. repayment
  4. (in) return
  5. reciprocation
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • payback
  • retaliation
  • to report back
  • to reciprocate

How to say 回报

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling

回报 in a sentence

  1. 作为回报，我给了她一个娃娃。

    Zuòwéi huíbào, wǒ gěi le tā yí ge wáwa.

    In return, I gave her a doll.

    Sentence #782383 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我给他一个微笑，他也回报我一个微笑。

    Wǒ gěi tā yí ge wēixiào, tā yě huíbào wǒ yí ge wēixiào.

    I gave him a smile, and he smiled back at me.

    Sentence #9958489 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 如果在暗中做善事，也总是有一个良好的回报。

    Rúguǒ zài ànzhōng zuò shànshì, yě zǒngshì yǒu yí ge liánghǎo de huíbào.

    If you do good deeds in secret, there will always be a good reward.

    Sentence #806250 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 回报 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 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

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

How to write 回报

回 6 strokes · 报 7 strokes

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

Words related to 回报

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return回答huídá · to reply回忆huíyì · to recall回顾huígù · to look back回避huíbì · to avoid挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回收huíshōu · to recycle

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报告bàogào · to inform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

More words: Money & Economy

股东gǔdōng · shareholder股份gǔfèn · share耗费hàofèi · to consume合算hésuàn · worthwhile挥霍huīhuò · to squander货币huòbì · currency加工jiāgōng · to process缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)

FAQs

回报 (huíbào) means “to repay” or “return”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huíbào: huí with a 2nd tone, then bào 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, 回报 is written 回報. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huibao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回报 from the suggestions. Typing huibao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回报 is an HSK 6 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.