| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 補 | 补 | bǔ | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |
| 補白 | 补白 | bǔ bái | filler (in a newspaper or magazine) |
| 補報 | 补报 | bǔ bào | make a report after the event; make a supplementary report; repay a kindness |
| 補償 | 补偿 | bǔ cháng | compensate; make up |
| 補充 | 补充 | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary |
| 補丁 | 补丁 | bǔ dīng | patch |
| 補發 | 补发 | bǔ fā | supply again (sth lost); reissue; pay retroactively |
| 補法 | 补法 | bǔ fǎ | treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health; reinforcing method (in acupuncture) |
| 補花 | 补花 | bǔ huā | applique |
| 補給 | 补给 | bǔ jǐ | supply |
| 補角 | 补角 | bǔ jiǎo | supplementary angle |
| 補救 | 补救 | bǔ jiù | remedy |
| 補考 | 补考 | bǔ kǎo | make-up examination |
| 補課 | 补课 | bǔ kè | make up a missed lesson |
| 補爐 | 补炉 | bǔ lú | fettling |
| 補苗 | 补苗 | bǔ miáo | fill the gaps with seedlings |
| 補偏救弊 | 补偏救弊 | bǔ piān jiù bì | remedy defects and rectify errors; rectify |
| 補票 | 补票 | bǔ piào | buy one's ticket after the normal time |
| 補品 | 补品 | bǔ pǐn | tonic |
| 補缺 | 补缺 | bǔ quē | fill a vacancy; supply a deficiency |
| 補色 | 补色 | bǔ sè | complementary color |
| 補稅 | 补税 | bǔ shuì | pay a tax one has evaded; pay an overdue tax |
| 補體 | 补体 | bǔ tǐ | complement (in blood serum) |
| 補貼 | 补贴 | bǔ tiē | subsidy; allowance |
| 補習 | 补习 | bǔ xí | take lessons after school or work; extra tutoring; to cram (for exams) |
| 補習班 | 补习班 | bǔ xí bān | cram class; cram school |
| 補瀉 | 补泻 | bǔ xiè | reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture) |
| 補選 | 补选 | bǔ xuǎn | by-election |
| 補血 | 补血 | bǔ xuè | enrich the blood |
| 補牙 | 补牙 | bǔ yá | fill a tooth; have a tooth stopped |
| 補養 | 补养 | bǔ yǎng | take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health |
| 補藥 | 补药 | bǔ yào | tonic |
| 補液 | 补液 | bǔ yè | fluid infusion |
| 補遺 | 补遗 | bǔ yí | addendum |
| 補益 | 补益 | bǔ yì | benefit; help |
| 補語 | 补语 | bǔ yǔ | complement |
| 補種 | 补种 | bǔ zhòng | reseed; resow; replant |
| 補助 | 补助 | bǔ zhù | (financial) subsidy; allowance |
| 補助組織 | 补助组织 | bǔ zhù zǔ zhī | auxiliary organizations |
| 補綴 | 补缀 | bǔ zhuì | mend (clothes); patch |
| 補足 | 补足 | bǔ zú | bring up to full strength; make up a deficiency; fill (a vacancy, gap, etc.) |
| 不無小補 | 不无小补 | bù wú xiǎo bǔ | not be without some advantage; be of some help |
| 縫補 | 缝补 | fèng bǔ | darn (clothing) |
| 衡平法上的補救措施 | 衡平法上的补救措施 | héng píng fǎ shàng de bǔ jiù cuò shī | equitable remedy |
| 候補 | 候补 | hòu bǔ | (v) a canidate for a vacancy; an alternate |
| 互補 | 互补 | hù bǔ | complement; complementary |
| 彌補 | 弥补 | mí bǔ | (v) make complete; make up for a deficiency |
| 魔界女王候補生 | 魔界女王候补生 | Mó jiè nǚ wáng hòu bǔ shēng | Sugar Sugar Rune |
| 取長補短 | 取长补短 | qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn | proverb: the strong helping the weak |
| 添補 | 添补 | tiān bu | fill (up); replenish |
| 填補 | 填补 | tián bǔ | (v) fill in a gap or omission |
| 修補 | 修补 | xiū bǔ | mend |
| 修補匠 | 修补匠 | xiū bǔ jiàng | tinker |
| 增補 | 增补 | zēng bǔ | (n) subjoinder; (vt) append |
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