补
補HSK 3freq #2850
Meanings
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- 1.to repair
- 2.to patch
- 3.to mend
- 4.to make up for
- 5.to fill (a vacancy)
- 6.to supplement
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Etymology
Simplified from 補 (甫 → 卜), with a simpler yet more apparent phonetic component. Officially adopted as the simplified form of 補 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他让他的妻子补好衬衫。
He got his wife to mend his shirt.
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