補

bǔ

mend, patch, fix, repair, restore

How to write 補, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 衤 (cloth), phonetic 甫

Made of 衤 + 甫

補償bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
彌補mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
補充bǔ chōngto replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary
補給bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment; to replenish
填補tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
修補xiū bǔto mend
補救bǔ jiùto remedy
替補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
補習bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
候補hòu bǔto wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
補貼bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
補助bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy; allowance

他把牆壁的洞補好了。
tā bǎ qiáng bì de dòng bǔ hǎo le 。
He has patched up the hole in the wall.
我在補習班工作。
wǒ zài bǔ xí bān gōng zuò 。
I work at a cram school.
小洞及時補，免遭大洞苦。
xiǎo dòng jí shí bǔ ， miǎn zāo dà dòng kǔ 。
A stitch in time saves nine.
彌補永遠不會太晚。
mí bǔ yǒng yuǎn bú huì tài wǎn 。
It's never too late to make amends.
世上沒有任何的成功，能夠彌補家庭的失敗。
shì shàng méi yǒu rèn hé de chéng gōng ， néng gòu mí bǔ jiā tíng de shī bài 。
There is no success in the world that makes up for the failure of the family.