Chinese symbol for “retaliation”
回报
huí bào
Traditional: 回報
(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retaliation is 回报 (huí bào), defined as: (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “retaliation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 回报.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回来 (回來) | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回到 | huí dào | to return to |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 回应 (回應) | huí yìng | to respond; response |
| 回去 | huí qu | to return; to go back |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “retaliation”.
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.