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补

bǔ

HSK 5 Character Traditional 補

What 补 means

1. to repair
2. to patch
3. to mend
4. to make up for
5. to fill (a vacancy)
6. to supplement

Example sentences

• 亡羊补牢。
  Wángyángbǔláo.
  Better late than never.
• 请你补交作业。
  Please submit the homework.
• 我必须弥补损失。
  Wǒ bìxū míbǔ sǔnshī.
  I must make up for the loss.
• 您必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.
• 你必须弥补损失。
  You must make up for the loss.
• 我在补习班工作。
  I work at a cram school.

Words starting with 补

• 补充bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement; to complement
• 补偿bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
• 补贴bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy; allowance
• 补救bǔ jiùto remedy
• 补助bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy; allowance
• 补习bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
• 补课bǔ kèto make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class
• 补丁bǔ dingpatch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch
• 补考bǔ kǎoto sit for a makeup exam; to resit an exam; makeup exam
• 补给bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment; to replenish
• 补习班bǔ xí bāncram class; cram school; evening classes
• 补办bǔ bànto do sth after the time it should have been done; to do sth to make up for not having…
• 补足bǔ zúto bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
• 补品bǔ pǐntonic
• 补血bǔ xuèto enrich the blood
• 补发bǔ fāto supply again (sth lost); to reissue; to pay retroactively
• 补语bǔ yǔcomplement (grammar)
• 补票bǔ piàoto buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc…
• 补交bǔ jiāoto hand in after the deadline; to pay after the due date
• 补缺bǔ quēto fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency
• 补卡bǔ kǎto replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number…
• 补回bǔ huíto make up for; to compensate
• 补报bǔ bàoto make a report after the event; to make a supplementary report; to repay a kindness
• 补强bǔ qiáng(engineering) to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen; (fig.) to rectify shortcomings

Words containing 补

• 弥补mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
• 填补tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
• 互补hù bǔcomplementary; to complement each other
• 修补xiū bǔto mend
• 替补tì bǔto replace…
• 增补zēng bǔto augment; to supplement; to add
• 候补hòu bǔto wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate
• 滋补zī bǔnourishing; nutritious
• 取长补短qǔ cháng bǔ duǎnlit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)…
• 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly…
• 缝补féng bǔto darn (clothing); to sew and mend
• 于事无补yú shì wú bǔunhelpful; useless
• 国补guó bǔnational subsidy (abbr. for 国家补贴
• 找补zhǎo buto compensate; to make up; to complement
• 无补wú bǔof no avail; not helping in the least
• 热补rè bǔhot patching (of insulating material in a furnace)…
• 织补zhī bǔdarning; to darn
• 进补jìn bǔto take a tonic (for one's health)
• 配补pèi bǔto replace (sth missing); to restore
• 食补shí bǔtonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful); to eat such foods
• 点补diǎn bǔto have a snack; to have a bite
• 西游补Xī yóu bǔone of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西游记
• 不无小补bù wú xiǎo bǔnot be without some advantage; be of some help
• 候补名单hòu bǔ míng dānwaiting list

Characters that look like 补

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 府fǔseat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 卧wòto lie; to crouch
• 孙sūngrandson; descendant
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 轩xuānpavilion with a view; high; tall

Sounds the same

Read bǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 捕to catch; to seize; to capture
• 哺to feed
• 卜(bound form) to divine
• 堡village (used in place names)
• 卟used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉
• 𬷕used in 地𬷕dì bǔ