汇报 (huìbào) — to report

HSK 4 | verb / noun | to report; to brief; a report

汇报 (huìbào)

汇报 means to report work progress or findings to a superior, or the act of making such a report.

Meanings

  1. [verb] to report; to give a report; to brief (a superior)
  2. [noun] a report; a briefing

Example Sentences

他每周向经理汇报工作情况。 Tā měi zhōu xiàng jīnglǐ huìbào gōngzuò qíngkuàng. He reports his work progress to the manager every week.

请你明天汇报一下项目进展。 Qǐng nǐ míngtiān huìbào yīxià xiàngmù jìnzhǎn. Please give a report on the project progress tomorrow.

这次汇报进行得非常顺利。 Zhè cì huìbào jìnxíng de fēicháng shùnlì. This briefing went very smoothly.

她准备了一份详细的工作汇报。 Tā zhǔnbèi le yī fèn xiángxì de gōngzuò huìbào. She prepared a detailed work report.

Collocations

Collocation Meaning
工作汇报 (gōngzuò huìbào) work report
汇报情况 (huìbào qíngkuàng) to report the situation
向上级汇报 (xiàng shàngjí huìbào) to report to a superior
做汇报 (zuò huìbào) to give a report/presentation

Usage Notes

汇报 specifically refers to reporting upward in a hierarchy, such as an employee reporting to a manager. It is different from 报告 (bàogào), which can refer to a report document or a lecture-style presentation. 汇报 emphasizes the communicative act of informing a superior and is common in workplace Chinese.

Memory Hook

汇 (to converge/gather information) + 报 (to report) — you gather all the information and then report it up the chain.