補漏

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
trad. (補漏)		補	漏
simp. (补漏)		补	漏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔlòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄌㄡˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-lāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔlòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄌㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔlòu
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-lou⁴
    • Yale: bǔ-lòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buulow
    • Palladius: булоу (bulou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ loʊ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-lāu
    • Tâi-lô: póo-lāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poflau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/

Verb

補漏

1. (literal) to mend a hole; to repair a leak
2. (figurative) to make up for gaps in work; to close up loopholes