HSK 6 · Verbs

补救 bǔjiù “to remedy” in Chinese

Traditional 補救

What 补救 means

  1. to remedy
  2. to make up for

How to say 补救

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale救jiù4th tone, falling

补救 in a sentence

  1. 这种问题该有补救办法。

    Zhè zhǒng wèntí gāi yǒu bǔjiù bànfǎ.

    There should be a way to remedy this kind of problem.

    Sentence #867608 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 补救 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 救 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
救jiùto save
  • 求to seek · qiúSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 求 (qiú) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

How to write 补救

补 7 strokes · 救 11 strokes

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

Words related to 补救

Words with 补

补充bǔchōng · to replenish弥补míbǔ · to make up for补偿bǔcháng · to compensate补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

Words with 救

救jiù · to rescue救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue挽救wǎnjiù · to save救济jiùjì · to give relief to

More words: Common Verbs

濒临bīnlín · to be on the verge of逼迫bīpò · to force拨bō · to dial搏斗bódòu · to fight部署bùshǔ · to deploy布置bùzhì · to arrange捕捉bǔzhuō · to catch采集cǎijí · to gather

FAQs

补救 (bǔjiù) means “to remedy” or “to make up for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǔjiù: bǔ with a 3rd tone, then jiù with a 4th 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, 补救 is written 補救. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bujiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 补救 from the suggestions. Typing bujiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
补救 is an HSK 6 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.