补
Meaning
bǔ bu3
- to repair
- to patch
- to mend
- to make up for
- to fill (a vacancy)
- to supplement
Example sentences
- How much will it cost to mend this skirt?
- A stitch in time saves nine.
HSK words with 补
- 补充bǔchōngto replenish
- 补偿bǔchángto compensate
- 补贴bǔtiēto subsidize
- 补助bǔzhùto subsidize
- 补习bǔxíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
- 补课bǔkèto make up missed lesson
- 补考bǔkǎoto sit for a makeup exam
- 弥补míbǔto complement
- 填补tiánbǔto fill a gap
- 修补xiūbǔto mend
- 补给bǔjǐsupply
- 补救bǔjiùto remedy
- 互补hùbǔcomplementary
- 亡羊补牢wángyángbǔláolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)