Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- bǔ
English
- mend, patch, fix, repair, restore
- to repair
- to refill
- (of food) nourishing
- to mend; to repair
- to patch
- to fill; to supply; to make up for
- to mend
- to nourish one's body; to be good for, used especially for Chinese medicine
- to make up for
- to tutor
- to fill (a vacancy)
- to supplement
- belatedly; after the proper time
粵語
- 形容食物對身體有益；可以補到身
- 修理一啲爛咗嘅嘢
- 添加番原本缺少嘅嘢
- 有益身體
- 喺學生課餘時間額外上關於學校科目嘅堂；補習
- 遲咗
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 補
- 補償bou2 soeng4
to compensate
- 修補sau1 bou2
to mend
- 補習bou2 zaap6
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
- 補救bou2 gau3
to remedy
- 補數bou2 sou3
complementary number
- 補充bou2 cung1
to replenish
- 添補tim1 bou2
to fill (up)
- 補妝bou2 zong1
to touch up one's makeup
- 補助bou2 zo6
to subsidize
- 補貼bou2 tip3
to subsidize
- 彌補mei4 bou2
to complement
- 填補tin4 bou2
to fill a gap
- 補給bou2 kap1
supply
- 候補hau6 bou2
to wait to fill a vacancy
- 補選bou2 syun2
by-election
- 補時bou2 si4
(sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages)
- 增補zang1 bou2
to augment
- 補發bou2 faat3
to supply again (sth lost)
- 補處bou2 cyu5
(Buddhist term) to be the next Buddha; to have one's hymen surgically repaired or recreated
- 補花bou2 faa1
applique
- 補足bou2 zuk1
to bring up to full strength
- 補語bou2 jyu5
complement (grammar)
- 補師bou2 si1
An apprentice who has finished training but not yet qualified to be a master
- 補課bou2 fo3
to make up missed lesson