食補

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (食補)		食	補
simp. (食补)		食	补

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-pó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pu³
    • Yale: shŕ-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbuu
    • Palladius: шибу (šibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqpor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ⁴¹/

Verb

食補

1. to take herbal tonic to enhance one's health and strength (e.g. during winter, times of illness, etc.)

Synonyms

• 進補／进补 (jìnbǔ)
• (Hokkien) 紮補／扎补

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-pó͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidpor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² pɔ⁵³/

Verb

食補

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to nourish the body with nutritious food