補鑊

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	boiler or cauldron
trad. (補鑊)		補	鑊
simp. (补镬)		补	镬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔhuò
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-huo⁴
    • Yale: bǔ-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuhuoh
    • Palladius: бухо (buxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² wok⁶
    • Yale: bóu wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɔːk̚²/

Verb

補鑊

1. (Cantonese, literally) to repair a wok
2. (chiefly Cantonese, figurative) to mend the damage done; to remedy a situation; to fix the mess; to redeem

Derived terms

• 補鑊仔／补镬仔
• 補鑊佬／补镬佬
• 補鑊唔見枳／补镬唔见枳
• 補鑊鳥／补镬鸟

 

Descendants

• →? Macanese: tambâ tacho (calque)

See also

• 補鑊仔／补镬仔
• 補鑊頭／补镬头