- 互补色 hùbǔsè complementary colorsColors located opposite each other on a color wheel which, when mixed as pigments, produce a neutral gray or black tone
- 互补关系 hùbǔguānxi complementary distributionIn linguistics, a relationship where two speech sounds or elements occur in different environments and do not overlap
- 互补角 hùbǔjiǎo supplementary angleone of two angles that together sum to 180 degrees
- 碱基互补配对 jiǎnjīhùbǔpèiduì complementary base pairingThe process where chemical bases on opposite strands of DNA or RNA bond with one another, such as [[腺嘌呤|腺嘌呤|xian4 piao4 ling4]] pairing with [[胸腺嘧啶|胸腺嘧啶|xiong1 xian4 mi4 ding4]] in DNA.