bǔ chōng
add; supplement; replenish
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我需要补充一些维生素。
wǒ xūyào bǔchōng yīxiē wéishēngsù.
I need to take some vitamins.
他正在补充睡眠。
tā zhèngzài bǔchōng shuìmián.
He is catching up on sleep.
我们必须补充食物。
wǒmen bìxū bǔchōng shíwù.
We need to stock up on food.
减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
reduce
消除 (xiāochú)
eliminate
The Chinese word 补充 (bǔchōng) is composed of two characters: 补 (bǔ) and 充 (chōng). The character 补 originally meant "to mend" or "to repair", and it is often used in the context of fixing something that is broken or incomplete. The character 充 originally meant "to fill" or "to make full", and it is often used in the context of adding something to something else in order to make it complete. When these two characters are combined, the resulting word 补充 takes on the meaning of "to supplement" or "to add something to something else in order to make it complete". This word is commonly used in a variety of contexts, such as adding more information to a report, adding more ingredients to a recipe, or adding more money to a budget.
