HSK 5 · Verbs

补充 bǔchōng “to replenish” in Chinese

Traditional 補充

What 补充 means

  1. to replenish
  2. to supplement
  3. to complement
  4. additional
  5. supplementary

Measure word 个 gè · 一个补充 yí ge bǔchōng

How to say 补充

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale补bǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale充chōng1st tone, high and level

补充 in a sentence

  1. 请告诉我，我还有什么需要补充的。

    Qǐng gàosu wǒ, wǒ hái yǒu shénme xūyào bǔchōng de.

    Please tell me what else I need to add.

    Sentence #13953445 from Tatoeba

  2. 您对我说的话有什么要补充的吗？

    Nín duì wǒ shuō de huà yǒu shénme yào bǔchōng de ma?

    Is there anything you’d like to add to what I’ve said?

    Sentence #845114 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。

    Tīngshuō shìshí de bǔchōng shuǐfèn kěyǐ yùfáng zhòngshǔ.

    I’ve heard that drinking enough water at the right times can help prevent heatstroke.

    Sentence #2609505 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 补充 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 补 (bǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
补bǔto repair
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 卜divination · bǔSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 卜 (bǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǔ.

The character 充 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
充chōngsufficient; full
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 允to grant · yǔn

How to write 补充

补 7 strokes · 充 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

补充 (bǔchōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 补充 (bǔchōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 补充

Words with 补

补救bǔjiù · to remedy弥补míbǔ · to make up for补偿bǔcháng · to compensate补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

Words with 充

充满chōngmǎn · to be full of充分chōngfèn · ample充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger充当chōngdāng · to serve as扩充kuòchōng · to expand冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient

More words: Common Verbs

背bēi · to carry on one’s back避免bìmiǎn · to avoid表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures踩cǎi · to step on参与cānyù · to take part (in)插chā · to insert

FAQs

补充 (bǔchōng) means “to replenish” or “to supplement”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bǔchōng: bǔ with a 3rd tone, then chōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 补充 is written 補充. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to replenish is 一个补充 (yí ge bǔchōng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buchong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 补充 from the suggestions. Typing buchong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
补充 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.