補苗

補苗

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (補苗)		補	苗
simp. (补苗)		补	苗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǔmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buumiau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: pu3-miao2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mjɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² miu⁴
    • Yale: bóu mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ miːu̯²¹/

Verb

補苗

1. (agriculture) to fill gaps with seedlings