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
补习
bǔxí
to take supplementary lessons
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Example phrases
- 他并不反对孩子补习，但担心过度补习会压缩休息时间。 Tā bìng bù fǎnduì háizi bǔxí, dàn dānxīn guòdù bǔxí huì yāsuō xiūxi shíjiān. He is not opposed to children taking supplementary lessons, but he worries that excessive tutoring will reduce their rest time.
- 她每个周末都去英语班补习。 Tā měi gè zhōumò dōu qù Yīngyǔ bān bǔxí. Every weekend she goes to an English class for extra lessons.
- 为了赶上进度，他请了老师在家补习数学。 Wèile gǎnshàng jìndù, tā qǐng le lǎoshī zài jiā bǔxí shùxué. To catch up with the class, he hired a teacher to give him extra maths lessons at home.
Related words
- 补 bǔ to mend; to make up
- 补充 bǔchōng to add; to supplement
- 补偿 bǔcháng compensation
- 补贴 bǔtiē subsidy
- 补课 bǔkè to make up a missed lesson
- 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