補苴

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	(hemp); surname; sack cloth
trad. (補苴)		補	苴
simp. (补苴)		补	苴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔjyu
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-chü¹
    • Yale: bǔ-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buujiu
    • Palladius: буцзюй (buczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Verb

補苴

1. (literary) to mend; to patch; to darn
2. (literary) to make up for a loss or deficiency

Synonyms

• (to mend):

• 縫䋎／缝𬘜 (Hokkien)
• 縫補／缝补
• 補䋎／补𬘜 (Hokkien)
• 補綴／补缀 (bǔzhuì)

 

• (to make up for a loss or deficiency): 彌補／弥补 (míbǔ)

Derived terms

• 補苴罅漏／补苴罅漏 (bǔjūxiàlòu)