以形補形

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (以形補形)		以	形	補	形
simp. (以形补形)		以	形	补	形

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐxíngbǔxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ jing⁴ bou² jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐxíngbǔxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsíngbǔsíng
    • Wade–Giles: i³-hsing²-pu³-hsing²
    • Yale: yǐ-syíng-bǔ-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiishyngbuushyng
    • Palladius: исинбусин (isinbusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ jing⁴ bou² jing⁴
    • Yale: yíh yìhng bóu yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ jing⁴ bou² jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ ying⁴ bou² ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jɪŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ jɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

以形補形

1. to supposedly heal or nourish a body part by eating something that is visually similar to the respective body part, often the corresponding body part of an animal