---
title: "Baofu Meaning: 报复 (to retaliate) or 包袱 (bundle wrapped in cloth)?"
description: "报复 (traditional 報復, bàofù) means “to retaliate; to take revenge; revenge; retaliation”. Not the baofu you heard? See 包袱, 抱负. Hear its tones, see what 报 and 复 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baofu"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 报复 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

报复 bàofù

## to retaliate; to take revenge; revenge; retaliation

## Its characters

1. 报 bào newspaper
2. 复 fù to reply

## In a sentence

他怕老板报复，不敢说话。 He was afraid his boss would retaliate, so he didn't dare speak.

[More about 报复](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8A%A5%E5%A4%8D)

## Other words said baofu

- [包袱bāofubundle wrapped in cloth](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8C%85%E8%A2%B1)
- [抱负bàofùambition](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8A%B1%E8%B4%9F)

## More words with 报 or 复

- [报酬 bàochou](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baochou)
- [报道 bàodào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baodao)
- [报废 bàofèi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baofei)
- [报告 bàogào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baogao)
- [报警 bàojǐng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baojing)
- [报考 bàokǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baokao)
- [报名 bàomíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baoming)
- [报销 bàoxiāo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baoxiao)
- [报纸 bàozhǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baozhi)
- [重复 chóngfù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongfu)

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