Definition

1. Noun:

   • Panther; Leopard; Jaguar: A large wild cat of the genus Panthera, typically having a tawny coat with black rosette-shaped spots. The specific animal (e.g., leopard, jaguar) is often clarified by context or an additional word.
   • Newspaper; Magazine; Periodical: A printed or digital publication containing news, articles, and advertisements, issued regularly (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.).

2. Verb:

   • To report; To inform; To notify: To tell someone about something, especially officially or formally.
   • To announce; To herald: To make something known, often something important or expected.
   • To repay; To require (archaic/formal): To return a favor or a wrong; to give or do something in return.
   • To bother; To be a burden (colloquial): To cause trouble or inconvenience to someone.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Animal):
  • Con báo đang nằm trên cành cây. (The leopard is lying on the tree branch.)
  • Báo đốm Mỹ là một loài mèo lớn. (The American jaguar is a large cat species.)
• Noun (Publication):
  • Bố tôi đọc báo mỗi sáng. (My father reads the newspaper every morning.)
  • Đây là một tạp chí khoa học. (This is a scientific magazine.)
• Verb (To report/inform):
  • Hãy báo cho cảnh sát ngay lập tức. (Report it to the police immediately.)
  • Cô ấy báo tin vui cho cả gia đình. (She announced the good news to the whole family.)
• Verb (To repay):
  • Ăn quả nhớ kẻ trồng cây, được ơn phải báo. (When eating the fruit, remember the planter; one must repay a kindness received.)
• Verb (To bother):
  • Đứa trẻ ấy chỉ biết báo bố mẹ. (That child only knows how to be a burden to his parents.)

Advanced Usage

• "báo ứng": Retribution; karma; the idea that good or bad deeds will eventually be repaid in kind.
  • Đó là sự báo ứng cho hành động của hắn. (That is the retribution for his actions.)
• "báo hiệu": To signal; to indicate; to be a sign of something.
  • Những cơn gió lạnh báo hiệu mùa đông sắp đến. (The cold winds signal that winter is coming.)
• "báo cáo": To report (formally); a report.
  • Anh ấy phải viết một báo cáo dài. (He has to write a long report.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhật báo (n): Daily newspaper.
  • Tờ nhật báo này có lượng phát hành rất lớn. (This daily newspaper has a very large circulation.)
• Tuần báo (n): Weekly newspaper or magazine.
• Báo chí (n): The press; journalism.
  • Quyền tự do báo chí được hiến pháp bảo vệ. (Freedom of the press is protected by the constitution.)
• Báo thù (v): To take revenge, to avenge.
• Báo ân (v): To repay a debt of gratitude.

Synonyms

• Animal: Panther, leopard, jaguar.
• Publication: Newspaper, journal, gazette, periodical.
• Verb (to inform): Report, notify, announce, tell.
• Verb (to repay): Requite, recompense.

Related Idioms

• Báo chết để da, người ta chết để tiếng: Literally "A leopard dies leaving its skin, a person dies leaving their reputation." Similar to "A good name is better than riches."
• Ăn báo: To freeload; to live off someone else without contributing.
  • Nó không làm việc, suốt ngày chỉ ăn báo anh trai. (He doesn't work, he just freeloads off his brother all day.)

noun

1. Panther
2. Newspaper, magazine
   • nhật báo
     daily newspaper, daily
   • báo hàng ngày / buổi tối / chủ nhật
     a daily/ evening/ Sunday paper
   • tờ báo hôm nay đâu?
     where's today's paper?
   • báo phát hành theo định kỳ
     periodical
   • tuần báo
     weekly
   • báo hàng tháng, nguyệt san
     monthly
   • báo ra hai tuần một lần, bán nguyệt san
     bimonthly, fortnightly