Chinese symbol for “complement”
弥补
mí bǔ
Traditional: 彌補
to complement; to make up for a deficiency
The closest CC-CEDICT match for complement is 弥补 (mí bǔ), defined as: to complement; to make up for a deficiency.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “complement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补语 (補語) | bǔ yǔ | complement (grammar) |
| 补体 (補體) | bǔ tǐ | complement (in blood serum) |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 附加物 | fù jiā wù | complement |
| 辅 (輔) | fǔ | to assist; to complement |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弥补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弥漫 (彌漫) | mí màn | to pervade; to fill the air |
| 弥撒 (彌撒) | mí sa | (Catholic) Mass |
| 弥足珍贵 (彌足珍貴) | mí zú zhēn guì | extremely precious; valuable |
| 弥合 (彌合) | mí hé | to cause a wound to close up and heal |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “complement”.
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.