# 弥补 (míbǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 弥补 (míbǔ) means “to make up for; to compensate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make up for; to compensate
- Pinyin: míbǔ (mi2 bu3)
- Traditional: 彌補
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他努力工作，想弥补过去的失误。
  Tā nǔlì gōngzuò, xiǎng míbǔ guòqù de shīwù.
  He worked hard to make up for his past mistakes.

## Characters

- 弥 (mí): full; to fill
- [补](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-mend/) (bǔ): to mend; to patch

https://hanziro.com/word/mi-bu-make-up/

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