协助 xiézhù to provide assistance
to provide assistance; to aid
How to remember 协助: 协 to assist + 助 to help = to provide assistance.
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How it is used
- To assist/help someone carry out a task, usually in a supporting role - 协助警方调查 (xiézhù jǐngfāng diàochá) assist the police in the investigation.
- More formal than 帮助 (bāngzhù) and implies playing a secondary, cooperative part rather than being the main doer.
- Common in official, workplace, and legal contexts.