补 bǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
补课
bǔkè
to make up a missed lesson
Characters in this word
课 kè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 因为老师临时请假，这节课安排在周六补课。 Yīnwèi lǎoshī línshí qǐngjià, zhè jié kè ānpái zài Zhōuliù bǔkè. Because the teacher asked for leave at short notice, this lesson has been arranged as a make-up class on Saturday.
- 他生病请了三天假，回来后要补课。 Tā shēngbìng qǐng le sān tiān jià, huílái hòu yào bǔkè. He was ill and took three days off, so he has to make up the lessons when he comes back.
- 周末老师留在教室里给同学们补课。 Zhōumò lǎoshī liú zài jiàoshì lǐ gěi tóngxuémen bǔkè. At the weekend the teacher stays in the classroom to give the students a make-up lesson.
Related words
- 补 bǔ to mend; to make up
- 补充 bǔchōng to add; to supplement
- 补偿 bǔcháng compensation
- 补贴 bǔtiē subsidy
- 补习 bǔxí to take supplementary lessons
- 弥补 míbǔ to compensate, to make up for
- 补给 bǔjǐ supplies; to supply
- 补救 bǔjiù to remedy; to repair damage
- 补助 bǔzhù subsidy; to subsidise
- 互补 hùbǔ to complement each other; mutually complementary
- 替补 tìbǔ substitute; to substitute
- 填补 tiánbǔ to fill; to make up for