補臺

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (補臺)		補	臺
simp. (补台)		补	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔtái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄊㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔtái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔtái
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-tʻai²
    • Yale: bǔ-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buutair
    • Palladius: бутай (butaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/

Verb

補⫽臺 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (chiefly Mainland China, figurative) to lend a hand; to prop up

Synonyms

• 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
• 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
• 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
• 助 (zhù)
• 助力 (zhùlì)
• 助理 (zhùlǐ)
• 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
• 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
• 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
• 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
• 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
• 幫／帮 (bāng)
• 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
• 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
• 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
• 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
• 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
• 幫手／帮手 (bong¹ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
• 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
• 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 扶
• 扶助 (fúzhù)
• 扶持 (fúchí)
• 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
• 拉巴 (dialectal)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 援助 (yuánzhù)
• 𢯭手 (Hakka)
• 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
• 支持 (zhīchí)
• 支援 (zhīyuán)
• 救 (jiù)
• 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
• 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
• 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
• 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
• 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
• 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
• 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
• 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
• 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• 拆臺／拆台 (chāitái)