互 hù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 — two
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
互补
hùbǔ
to complement each other; mutually complementary
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 科研机构与企业形成互补优势，才能把实验成果更快转化为产品。 Kēyán jīgòu yǔ qǐyè xíngchéng hùbǔ yōushì, cái néng bǎ shíyàn chéngguǒ gèng kuài zhuǎnhuà wéi chǎnpǐn. Only when research institutions and companies develop complementary strengths can experimental results be turned into products faster.
- 他们两个性格互补，合作得特别愉快。 Tāmen liǎng ge xìnggé hùbǔ, hézuò de tèbié yúkuài. The two of them have complementary personalities and work together very happily.
- 这两块拼图的形状正好互补。 Zhè liǎng kuài pīntú de xíngzhuàng zhènghǎo hùbǔ. The shapes of these two puzzle pieces complement each other exactly.
Related words
- 互联网 hùliánwǎng the internet
- 互相 hùxiāng each other
- 相互 xiānghù each other; mutually
- 互助 hùzhù mutual aid
- 交互 jiāohù to interact; interactive; mutually
- 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