修 xiū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
修补
xiūbǔ
to mend; to repair; to patch
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
- 政府不能只靠临时补贴修补制度漏洞，而应重新设计分配机制。 Zhèngfǔ bù néng zhǐ kào línshí bǔtiē xiūbǔ zhìdù lòudòng, ér yīng chóngxīn shèjì fēnpèi jīzhì. The government cannot rely only on temporary subsidies to patch institutional loopholes; it should redesign the allocation mechanism.
- 妈妈正在修补弟弟破了洞的毛衣。 Māma zhèngzài xiūbǔ dìdi pò le dòng de máoyī. Mom is mending the sweater with a hole that her younger brother made.
- 墙上的裂缝需要尽快修补，不然会越来越宽。 Qiáng shàng de lièfèng xūyào jǐnkuài xiūbǔ, bùrán huì yuèláiyuè kuān. The crack in the wall needs repairing soon, otherwise it will get wider and wider.
Related words
- 修 xiū to repair
- 修改 xiūgǎi to revise; to correct
- 维修 wéixiū to repair
- 修理 xiūlǐ to repair
- 装修 zhuāngxiū to renovate
- 修复 xiūfù to repair; to restore
- 修建 xiūjiàn to build
- 修养 xiūyǎng good manners; self-cultivation
- 选修 xuǎnxiū to take as an elective
- 保修 bǎoxiū to guarantee repair
- 必修 bìxiū compulsory (course)
- 修订 xiūdìng to revise