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
补给
bǔjǐ
supplies; to supply
Characters in this word
给 gěi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 合 to combine, to join, to unite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 极地考察队必须依靠空投补给维持数周的野外作业。 Jídì kǎocháduì bìxū yīkào kōngtóu bǔjǐ wéichí shù zhōu de yěwài zuòyè. The polar expedition team must rely on airdropped supplies to maintain several weeks of fieldwork.
- 登山队在半山腰的营地得到了食物补给。 Dēngshānduì zài bànshānyāo de yíngdì dédào le shíwù bǔjǐ. The climbing team received food supplies at the camp halfway up the mountain.
- 车队在路上停下来补给燃料，然后继续前进。 Chēduì zài lù shang tíng xiàlái bǔjǐ ránliào, ránhòu jìxù qiánjìn. The convoy stopped on the road to refuel and then drove on.
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
- 补习 bǔxí to take supplementary lessons
- 弥补 míbǔ to compensate, to make up for
- 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