補足

See also: 补足

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	foot; to be sufficient
trad. (補足)		補	足
simp. (补足)		补	足

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǔzú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pú-chiuk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-chiok
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pu-tsoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǔzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǔzú
  - Wade–Giles: pu³-tsu²
  - Yale: bǔ-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buutzwu
  - Palladius: буцзу (buczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² zuk¹
  - Yale: bóu jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pú-chiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: bu^ˋ jiug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bu³ jiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pu³¹ t͡si̯uk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-chiok
  - Tâi-lô: póo-tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pofciog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pu-tsoq
  - MiniDict: pu^去 tsoh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pu-tsoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

補⫽足 (verb-object) (transitive, intransitive)

to supplement; to make up for a deficit

Japanese

Kanji in this term
補	足
ほ Grade: 6	そく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほそく [hòsókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ho̞so̞kɯ̟]

Noun

補(ほ)足(そく) • (hosoku)

supplement

Verb

補(ほ)足(そく)する • (hosoku suru) transitive suru (stem 補(ほ)足(そく)し (hosoku shi), past 補(ほ)足(そく)した (hosoku shita))

supplement

Conjugation

Conjugation of "補足する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	補足し	ほそくし	hosoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	補足し	ほそくし	hosoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	補足する	ほそくする	hosoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	補足する	ほそくする	hosoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	補足すれ	ほそくすれ	hosoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	補足せよ¹ 補足しろ²	ほそくせよ¹ ほそくしろ²	hosoku seyo¹ hosoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	補足される	ほそくされる	hosoku sareru
Causative	補足させる補足さす	ほそくさせるほそくさす	hosoku saseru hosoku sasu
Potential	補足できる	ほそくできる	hosoku dekiru
Volitional	補足しよう	ほそくしよう	hosoku shiyō
Negative	補足しない	ほそくしない	hosoku shinai
Negative continuative	補足せず	ほそくせず	hosoku sezu
Formal	補足します	ほそくします	hosoku shimasu
Perfective	補足した	ほそくした	hosoku shita
Conjunctive	補足して	ほそくして	hosoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	補足すれば	ほそくすれば	hosoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“補足”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026