Chinese symbol for “retaliate”
报复
bào fù
Traditional: 報復
to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retaliate is 报复 (bào fù), defined as: to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “retaliate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打击报复 (打擊報復) | dǎ jī bào fù | (idiom) to retaliate |
| 复 (復) | fù | to go and return; to return |
| 报 (報) | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply |
| 还手 (還手) | huán shǒu | to hit back; to retaliate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 报复.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 情报 (情報) | qíng bào | information; intelligence |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 恢复 (恢復) | huī fù | to reinstate; to resume |
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated; complex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “retaliate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.