báo
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
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.).
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
- Panther
- Newspaper, magazine
- nhật báodaily newspaper, daily
- báo hàng ngày / buổi tối / chủ nhậta daily/ evening/ Sunday paper
- tờ báo hôm nay đâu?where's today's paper?
- báo phát hành theo định kỳperiodical
- tuần báoweekly
- báo hàng tháng, nguyệt sanmonthly
- báo ra hai tuần một lần, bán nguyệt sanbimonthly, fortnightly