| 补 | bǔ | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |
| 补充 | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:个 |
| 补偿 | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补助 | bǔ zhù | (financial) subsidy; allowance |
| 弥补 | mí bǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 修补 | xiū bǔ | to mend |
| 补贴 | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy; allowance |
| 补救 | bǔ jiù | remedy |
| 填补 | tián bǔ | to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency |
| 候补 | hòu bǔ | to wait to fill a vacancy; a reserve candidate |
| 补习 | bǔ xí | to take extra lessons; to cram (for a test) |
| 补角 | bǔ jiǎo | supplementary angle |
| 增补 | zēng bǔ | to augment; to supplement; to add |
| 补足 | bǔ zú | bring up to full strength; make up a deficiency; fill (a vacancy, gap etc) |
| 取长补短 | qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn | lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts |
| 缝补 | féng bǔ | to darn (clothing); to sew and mend |
| 补课 | bǔ kè | to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class |
| 补色 | bǔ sè | complementary color |
| 补选 | bǔ xuǎn | by-election |
| 无补 | wú bǔ | of no avail; not helping in the least |
| 补种 | bǔ zhòng | reseed; resow; replant |
| 补缺 | bǔ quē | to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency |
| 抵补 | dǐ bǔ | to compensate for; to make good |
| 不无小补 | bù wú xiǎo bǔ | not be without some advantage; be of some help |
| 互补 | hù bǔ | complementary; to complement each other |
| 亡羊补牢 | wáng yáng bǔ láo | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| 修补匠 | xiū bǔ jiàng | tinker |
| 垫补 | diàn bu | to appropriate funds intended for another purpose; to borrow; to snack |
| 将勤补绌 | jiāng qín bǔ chù | to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom) |
小洞不堵，
大洞难补 | xiǎo dòng bù dǔ ,
dà dòng nán bǔ | If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom). A stitch in time saves nine. |
| 小洞不补大洞吃苦 | xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ | A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (common saying); a stitch in time saves nine |
| 弹药补给站 | dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn | ammunition depot |
| 恶补 | è bǔ | to overdose one supplementary medicine; to cram too hard |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆东补西 | chāi dōng bǔ xī | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 抛补 | pāo bǔ | cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals) |
| 抛补套利 | pāo bǔ tào lì | covered arbitrage |
| 拾遗补缺 | shí yí bǔ quē | to correct; to remedy defects |
| 挖肉补疮 | wā ròu bǔ chuāng | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient |
| 插补 | chā bǔ | interpolation (mathematics) |
| 搭补 | dā bǔ | to subsidize; to make up (deficit) |
| 于事无补 | yú shì wú bǔ | unhelpful; useless |
| 替补 | tì bǔ | to substitute for sb; reserve player |
| 添补 | tiān bu | fill (up); replenish |
| 滋补 | zī bǔ | nourishing; nutritious |
| 滋补品 | zī bǔ pǐn | tonic; invigorant |
| 热补 | rè bǔ | hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace); hot patching (runtime correction in computing) |
| 织补 | zhī bǔ | darning; to darn |
船到江心，
补漏迟 | chuán dào jiāng xīn ,
bǔ lòu chí | it's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river (idiom) |
| 补丁 | bǔ dīng | patch |
