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


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

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

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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