Chinese symbol for “mend”
修补
xiū bǔ
Traditional: 修補
to mend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mend is 修补 (xiū bǔ), defined as: to mend.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补缀 (補綴) | bǔ zhuì | to mend (clothes); to patch |
| 补 (補) | bǔ | to repair; to patch |
| 整修 | zhěng xiū | to repair; to refurbish |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat |
| 缮 (繕) | shàn | to repair; to mend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修补.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 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 “mend”.
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.