补 (補) bǔ

1. bǔ verb to repair; to maintain
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 1; Guoyu '補' v 1; Kroll 2015 '補' 2, p. 29; Unihan '補')
2. bǔ verb to supply; to fill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '补' 2; Guoyu '補' v 2)
3. bǔ noun a nutrient
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 3; Guoyu '補' n 1)
4. bǔ verb to help; to benefit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '补' 4; Guoyu '補' v 3; Kroll 2015 '補' 5, p. 29)
5. bǔ verb to supplement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '补' 2; Guoyu '補' v 5; Kroll 2015 '補' 3, p. 29)
6. bǔ proper noun Bu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '補' n 2)
7. bǔ verb to patch clothing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '補'; Kroll 2015 '補' 1, p. 29; Unihan '補')
8. bǔ verb to fill an open position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '補' 4, p. 29)

Contained in

• 补丁(補丁) patch
• 互补式金属氧化物半导体(互補式金屬氧化物半導體) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
• 抵补(抵補) to compensate for; to make good
• 修桥补路(修橋補路) repair bridges and maintain roads; perform works of merit
• 补足(補足) to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency
• 取长补短(取長補短) to use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points
• 滋补品(滋補品) tonic; invigorant
• 补充品(補充品) complementary item
• 补葺(補葺) to repair ; to revise
• 补偏救弊(補偏救弊) to remedy defects and correct errors; to rectify past mistakes
• 配补(配補) to replace (something missing); to restore
• 补充(補充) to replenish; to supplement; to complement
• 时量补语(时量補語) a complement of duration
• 趋向补语(趨向補語) a complement of direction; a directional complement
• 修补(修補) to repair; to mend
• 进补(進補) to take a tonic (for one's health)
• 补充词组(補充詞組) a complementary word phrase
• 补足额(補足額) complement; complementary sum
• 伤停补时(傷停補時) injury time
• 修补匠(修補匠) tinker
• 补登(補登) record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
• 补胎片(補胎片) tire patch (for puncture repair)
• 补角(補角) supplementary angle
• 裨补阙漏(裨補闕漏) there will be no oversights or shortcomings
• 挖肉补疮(挖肉補瘡) to cut one's flesh to cover a sore
• 补产(補產) nourishment after giving birth
• 补税(補稅) to pay a tax one has evaded; to pay an overdue tax
• 补休(補休) to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)
• 添补(添補) to fill (up); to replenish
• 补偿(補償) to compensate; to make up
• 织补(織補) darning; to darn
• 补时(補時) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) /
• 粘补(粘補) to paste over an incorrectly written character
• 鍊石补天(鍊石補天) fashionging blocks of stones, for the repair of the heavens
• 摘东补西(摘東補西) pick from the east to repair the west
• 缝补(縫補) to darn; to sew and mend
• 互补(互補) to complement
• 示补 name of alternate form of Kangxi radical 86
• 结果补语(結果補語) a complement of result; a resultative complement
• 补药(補藥) a tonic
• 补票处(補票處) additional ticket desk; stand-by counter
• 热补(熱補) hot patching
• 小洞不补大洞吃苦(小洞不補大洞吃苦) A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole; a stitch in time saves nine
• 搭补(搭補) to subsidize; to make up (deficit)
• 拾遗补缺(拾遺補缺) to remedy omissions and correct errors
• 食补(食補) tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful); to eat such foods
• 候补(候補) to be a candidate
• 补苗(補苗) to fill gaps with seedlings
• 补偿费(補償費) compensation

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Truncated for common words

• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 187
• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 109
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 106
• 卷三十　燕二 Chapter 30: Yan II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 97
• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 96
• 卷五　秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 93
• 卷二十　趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 91
• 卷二十六　韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 88
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 84
• 卷十九　趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 80

Collocations

• 补不足 (補不足) 春省耕而補不足 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 12
• 补官 (補官) 則足以補官之不善政 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 6
• 试补 (試補) 諸買武功爵官首者試補吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 5
• 补吏 (補吏) 諸買武功爵官首者試補吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 5
• 补短 (補短) 斷長補短 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 补郎 (補郎) 入財者得補郎 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 3
• 补县 (補縣) 嬰已而試補縣吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 3
• 有余补 (有餘補) 故以有餘補不足 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 觀行第二十四 Chapter 24: Observing Behavior — count: 3
• 补庞 (補龐) 補龐戲城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 2
• 足以补 (足以補) 則足以補官之不善政 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 2