HSK C3/W3/V3
Correct

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Strokes

Formula

1
补补(AA)
2
补一补(A一A)

Collocation

1
补牙
2
补课
3
补衣服
4
补身体
5
补一个学生

Definition

补 is a Verb, which means ”to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement".

Example

补 as a Verb.
1
xià
下午
yuàn
医院
补牙
  

I went to the hospital in the afternoon to get my teeth filled.

2
zhèngzài
正在
fu
衣服
  

She was mending her clothes.

3
Jīntiān
今天
xià
下午
yào
gěi
xuésheng
学生
补课
  

I'm going to make up lessons for students this afternoon.

4
ma
妈妈
  
,
de
zi
袜子
le
dòng
  
,
bāng
  

Mom, I have a hole in my socks, help me make up for it.

5
gāng
chūyuàn
出院
  
,
yào
hǎohǎor  
好好儿
补补
shēn
身体
  

You've just been discharged from the hospital, so you have to make up for it.

6
men
我们
bān
hái
de
xuésheng
学生
  

We still have to make up a student in our class.