补语 (補語) bǔyǔ
bǔyǔ
noun
complement
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Grammar
, Concept:
Notes: A complement is a word that completes the action of a verb (Crystal 2008, p. loc. 3631). For example, in the phrase or compound word 看见 'saw' the complement 见 completes the action 看 'to see'. In this example, 看见 'saw', 见 is specifically a 结果补语 'resultative complement' (Sun 2006, loc. 654).