彌補

See also: 弥补

Chinese

		full; to fill	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (彌補/瀰補)		彌/瀰	補
simp. (弥补)		弥	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ bou² / mei⁴ bou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-pú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-pó͘ / mî-pó͘ / mí-pó͘ / ní-pó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míbǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-pu³
    • Yale: mí-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mibuu
    • Palladius: мибу (mibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ bou² / mei⁴ bou²
    • Yale: nèih bóu / mèih bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ bou² / mei⁴ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ bou² / méi⁴ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/, /mei̯²¹ pou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-pú
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ bu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi² bu³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ pu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bî-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi'por
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: mî-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'por
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mí-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: mí-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: my'por
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ní-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ny'por
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴¹/

Verb

彌補

1. to make up for a loss, deficiency or mistake; to remedy; to make good

   我要彌補我的過錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   我要弥补我的过错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yào míbǔ wǒ de guòcuò. [Pinyin]

   I want to make amends for what I did.

Synonyms

• (literary) 補苴／补苴 (bǔjū)

Related terms

• 補償／补偿 (bǔcháng)
• 補充／补充 (bǔchōng)
• 填補／填补 (tiánbǔ)