补充

Character by character

• 补bǔ8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 補mend, patch, fix, repair, restore
• 充chōng6 strokesHSK 3fill, be full, supply

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 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?

  Listen

• 您对我说的话有什么要补充的吗？

  Nín duì wǒ shuō de huà yǒu shén me yào bǔ chōng de ma

  Would you like to add anything to what I've said?

  Listen

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 补充. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 充满chōng mǎnHSK 3

  full of; brimming with; very full; permeated

• 充分chōng fènHSK 4

  ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full

• 补bǔHSK 3

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

• 补偿bǔ chángHSK 5

  to compensate; to make up

• 弥补mí bǔHSK 7

  to complement; to make up for a deficiency

• 充足chōng zúHSK 5

  adequate; sufficient; abundant

• 充chōngHSK 7

  sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as

• 充实chōng shíHSK 7

  rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)

• 充电chōng diànHSK 4

  to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure); to update one's skills and knowledge

• 补贴bǔ tiēHSK 5

  to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit

• 填补tián bǔHSK 7

  to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency

• 充当chōng dāngHSK 7

  to serve as; to act as; to play the role of

• 修补xiū bǔHSK 7

  to mend

• 补助bǔ zhùHSK 6

  to subsidize; subsidy; allowance

• 冒充mào chōngHSK 7

  to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as

• 补给bǔ jǐHSK 7

  supply; replenishment; to replenish

• 补救bǔ jiùHSK 7

  to remedy

• 填充tián chōngHSK 7

  to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space

• 充电器chōng diàn qìHSK 4

  battery charger

• 互补hù bǔHSK 7

  complementary; to complement each other

• 充沛chōng pèiHSK 7

  abundant; plentiful; vigorous

• 扩充kuò chōng

  to expand

• 补习bǔ xíHSK 6

  to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor

• 补课bǔ kèHSK 6

  to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class