填
tián
Meaning
- to fill or stuff
- (of a form etc) to fill in
Definition
把东西放进空的地方，使满。
To fill or stuff something into an empty space.
Usage
可用于具体事物（如填坑、填表格）或抽象概念（如填空、填补空缺）。
Used for physical objects (e.g., filling a hole, filling out a form) or abstract concepts (e.g., filling a vacancy, filling in blanks).
Examples
- 1 请填好这份表格。 (Please fill out this form.)
- 2 工人正在填平路上的坑。 (Workers are filling the potholes on the road.)
- 3 我需要填饱肚子。 (I need to fill my stomach/ eat something.)
- 4 他用沙子填满了瓶子。 (He filled the bottle with sand.)
- 5 这个职位空缺需要找人填补。 (This vacancy needs to be filled.)
- 6 她在考试中填错了答案。 (She filled in the wrong answer on the exam.)
- 7 他们用土填了那个洞。 (They filled that hole with earth.)
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