Meaning
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
Chinese: 修理、修复。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bu” becomes a different word in each tone. 补 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 补充bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional
- 补偿bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
- 补贴bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc)
- 弥补mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
- 补助bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy; allowance
Example Sentence
妈妈帮我补好了破了的袜子。Mā ma bāng wǒ bǔ hǎo le pò le de wà zi.Mom mended my torn socks for me.
妈妈Mā mamama帮bāngto help我wǒI补bǔto repair好hǎogood了le(completed action)破pòbroken了le(completed action)的deof袜子wà zisocks。