Chinese symbol for “augment”
增补
zēng bǔ
Traditional: 增補
to augment; to supplement; to add
The closest CC-CEDICT match for augment is 增补 (zēng bǔ), defined as: to augment; to supplement; to add.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “augment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增 | zēng | (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to |
| 扩增 (擴增) | kuò zēng | to augment; to amplify |
| 加 | jiā | to add; (math.) plus |
| 充实 (充實) | chōng shí | rich; full |
| 加添 | jiā tiān | to add; to augment; to increase |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 增补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 新增 | xīn zēng | to add (sth new); newly added; additional |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase; to grow in number |
| 增设 (增設) | zēng shè | to add to existing facilities or services |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “augment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.