報 — Cantonese Dictionary

報

bou3

Cantonese Slang

💡 Tip: [[to report]]

Definitions

1 [[to report]]
2 bou chau 報臭 — [to report to the stink] to tell the police, cf. chau gaak 臭格 (OS).
3 bou chyun 報串 — to inform on someone, to inform to the police, to "squeal" (st 3, 32); to report someone to the teacher (gwdl 18, 6).
4 bou daaih sou 報大數 — to exaggerate; to pretend; to overcharge, to cheat.
5 bou dou 報到 — [registration] to die, i.e. to report to the god of hell
6 bou liu 報料 — [to report stuff] to report.
7 bou sai sou 報細數 — to cheat (e.g. by giving a falsely low figure).
8 bou ying 報應 — to get one's just deserts, to get the fate one deserves; to pay for the evil deeds that one has done, to meet the fate that one's bad deeds merit (yjw 8, 9).