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补
補
bǔ
1.
to repair
2.
to patch
3.
to mend
4.
to make up for
5.
to fill (a vacancy)
6.
to supplement
Very Common • Top 3%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
补胎
bǔtāi
to repair a tire
补角
bǔjiǎo
supplementary angle
补习
bǔxí
to take extra lessons
补考
bǔkǎo
to sit for a makeup exam
补苗
bǔmiáo
to fill gaps with seedlings
补裰
bǔduō
to mend clothes
补缺
bǔquē
to fill a vacancy
补登
bǔdēng
record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
补炉
bǔlú
fettling
补白
bǔbái
filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
补色
bǔsè
complementary color
补花
bǔhuā
applique
补给
bǔjǐ
supply
补血
bǔxuè
to enrich the blood
补益
bǔyì
benefit
补缀
bǔzhuì
to mend (clothes)
恶补
èbǔ
to overdose on supplementary medicine
填补
tiánbǔ
to fill a gap
垫补
diànbu
to appropriate funds intended for another purpose
补满
bǔmǎn
to make up for what is lacking
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 943
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,812 of 84,292