粵

補bou2牙ngaa4

simp补牙
bou2 ngaa4bǔ yá

English

  1. (dentistry) to fill a tooth; to have a tooth filled
  2. to fix a tooth decay

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 醫治一隻蛀咗嘅牙

Examples

  • 我隻大牙蛀咗。好彩牙醫話可以補牙，唔使剝。

    My big tooth has a cavity; luckily though, my dentist said that he can fill it up without having to remove it.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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