食補

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Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (食補)		食	補
simp. (食补)		食	补

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíbǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-pó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíbǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-pu³
  - Yale: shŕ-bǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbuu
  - Palladius: шибу (šibu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-pó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-póo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqpor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ⁴¹/

Verb

食補

to take herbal tonic to enhance one's health and strength (e.g. during winter, times of illness, etc.)

Synonyms

進補／进补 (jìnbǔ)
(Hokkien) 紮補／扎补

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-pó͘

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-pó͘
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-póo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidpor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² pɔ⁵³/

Verb

食補

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to nourish the body with nutritious food

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