悲報

Chinese

		sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
trad. (悲報)		悲	報
simp. (悲报)		悲	报

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 悲報 (hihō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēibào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄅㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēibào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beibào
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-pao⁴
    • Yale: bēi-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beibaw
    • Palladius: бэйбао (bɛjbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

悲報

1. (Internet slang, neologism) news that brings sorrow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲	報
ひ Grade: 3	ほう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひほー [hìhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çiho̞ː]

Noun

悲(ひ)報(ほう) • (hihō) ^{←ひほう (fifou)?}

1. news that brings sorrow

   悲報(ひほう)を受(う)け取(と)った。

   Hihō o uketotta.

   We received the sad news.

   【悲報(ひほう)】冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ)、壊(こわ)れた

   【Hihō】Reizōko, kowareta

   TRAGIC: Local man's refrigerator breaks

Antonyms

• 朗報(ろうほう) (rōhō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.