补

bǔ

mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

How to write 补, stroke by stroke

to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement

Pictophonetic: semantic 衤 (cloth), phonetic 卜

Made of 衤 + 卜

补偿bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
弥补mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
补充bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary
补给bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment; to replenish
填补tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
修补xiū bǔto mend
补救bǔ jiùto remedy
替补tì bǔto replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc); a substitute; a replacement
补习bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
候补hòu bǔto wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
补贴bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
补助bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy; allowance

你最近检查我们的补给了吗？
nǐ zuì jìn jiǎn chá wǒ men de bǔ jǐ le ma ？
Have you checked our supplies recently?
我刚才说的内容，你想补充么？
wǒ gāng cái shuō de nèi róng ， nǐ xiǎng bǔ chōng me ？
Is there anything you want to add to what I just said?
您必须弥补损失。
nín bì xū mí bǔ sǔn shī 。
You must make up for the loss.
这种问题该有补救办法。
zhè zhǒng wèn tí gāi yǒu bǔ jiù bàn fǎ 。
This type of problem should be able to be solved.
他让他的妻子补好衬衫。
tā ràng tā de qī zǐ bǔ hǎo chèn shān 。
He got his wife to mend his shirt.