填补
tiánbǔ
to fill; to make up for
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
- 这项合作旨在填补基础研究与产业应用之间长期存在的空白。 Zhè xiàng hézuò zhǐ zài tiánbǔ jīchǔ yánjiū yǔ chǎnyè yìngyòng zhījiān chángqī cúnzài de kòngbái. This collaboration aims to fill the long-standing gap between basic research and industrial application.
- 公司急需招人，填补技术部门的空缺。 Gōngsī jíxū zhāorén, tiánbǔ jìshù bùmén de kōngquē. The company urgently needs to hire people to fill the vacancies in the technical department.
- 他用打工的收入填补了学费的不足。 Tā yòng dǎgōng de shōurù tiánbǔle xuéfèi de bùzú. He used his part-time earnings to make up for the shortfall in his tuition fees.
Related words
- 填 tián to fill in
- 填空 tiánkòng to fill in blanks
- 填充 tiánchōng to fill; to stuff; to populate
- 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
- 补给 bǔjǐ supplies; to supply
- 补救 bǔjiù to remedy; to repair damage