补习 bǔxí to take extra lessons
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
How to remember 补习: 补 to fix + 习 practice = to take extra lessons.
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How it is used
- To take extra tutoring / cram lessons outside school - 补习英语 (bǔxí Yīngyǔ) to take supplementary English classes.
- Central to Chinese education culture: 补习班 (bǔxíbān) cram school, 课外补习 (kèwài bǔxí) after-school tutoring.
- 补 (make up/supplement) + 习 (study): filling gaps or getting ahead, not making up a specific missed class (that's 补课).
Example sentences
- 她需要上英语补习班。 Tā xūyào shàng yīngyǔ bǔxíbān.She has to take a remedial course in English.