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補

bǔ

mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

Strokes
13
Radical
衣
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 补

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 补, the simplified form of 補. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 请你补交作业。

    Qǐng nǐ bǔ jiāo zuò yè

    Please submit the homework.

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  • 这种问题该有补救办法。

    Zhè zhǒng wèn tí gāi yǒu bǔ jiù bàn fǎ

    This type of problem should be able to be solved.

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  • 我刚才说的内容,你想补充么?

    Wǒ gāng cái shuō de nèi róng nǐ xiǎng bǔ chōng me

    Is there anything you want to add to what I just said?

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  • 您对我说的话有什么要补充的吗?

    Nín duì wǒ shuō de huà yǒu shén me yào bǔ chōng de ma

    Would you like to add anything to what I've said?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 补

  • 补bǔ 3to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
  • 补充bǔ chōng 3–1 to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary
  • 补偿bǔ cháng 3–2 to compensate; to make up
  • 补贴bǔ tiē 3–1 to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
  • 弥补mí bǔ 2–3 to complement; to make up for a deficiency
  • 补助bǔ zhù 3–4 to subsidize; subsidy; allowance
  • 补救bǔ jiù 3–4 to remedy
  • 补习bǔ xí 3–2 to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
  • 补课bǔ kè 3–4 to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class
  • 补考bǔ kǎo 3–3 → 2–3to sit for a makeup exam; to resit an exam; makeup exam; resit
  • 填补tián bǔ 2–3 to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
  • 修补xiū bǔ 1–3 to mend