助 zhù to help
怎么记住“助”: 且 moreover + 力 power = to help. The student cannot lift the new bookcase, and moreover her back hurts, so her neighbour lends all his power and runs over to help.
部件结构
助 = 且 moreover + 力 power
- 且 moreover
- 力 power
The student cannot lift the new bookcase, and moreover her back hurts, so her neighbour lends all his power and runs over to help.
How it came to be
Meat stacked on a stone altar, with strength beside it. Putting one's back into somebody else's offering: the strength is on the right, and it is not the owner's.
用法
- "To assist" morpheme - 帮助 (bāngzhù) is the everyday word for help (both verb and noun): 帮助别人 (bāngzhù biérén) help others.
- 有助于 (yǒuzhùyú) = to be conducive to / help toward, a formal frame: 运动有助于健康 (yùndòng yǒuzhùyú jiànkāng) exercise contributes to health.
- 助手/助理 (zhùshǒu / zhùlǐ) = assistant (person); 协助 (xiézhù) = to assist (more formal than 帮助, often in work/official contexts).
含“助”的汉字
含“助”的词语
- 帮助bāngzhùhelpHSK 3
- 有助于yǒuzhùyúto contribute toHSK 5
- 互助hùzhùto help each otherHSK 6
- 借助jièzhùto draw support fromHSK 6
- 助手zhùshǒuassistantHSK 6
- 助理zhùlǐassistantHSK 6
- 协助xiézhùto provide assistanceHSK 6
- 救助jiùzhùto help somebody in troubleHSK 6
- 求助qiúzhùto request helpHSK 6
- 自助zìzhùself-serviceHSK 6
- 辅助fǔzhùto assistHSK 6
- 助力zhùlìto helpHSK 7
- 资助zīzhùto subsidizeHSK 7
- 助威zhùwēito cheer forHSK 8
- 揠苗助长yàmiáo-zhùzhǎngto ruin things through impatience (idiom); to force growthHSK 8
- 援助yuánzhùto helpHSK 8
- 补助bǔzhùto subsidizeHSK 9
- 赞助zànzhùto supportHSK 9
例句
- 他喜欢帮助别人。 Tā xǐhuan bāngzhù biérén.He likes helping others.
- 不客气，我很愿意帮助你！ Búkèqi, wǒ hěn yuànyì bāngzhù nǐ!Think nothing of it, I'm happy to help you!
- 我们需要互相帮助。 Wǒmen xūyào hùxiāng bāngzhù.We need to help one another.
- 对不起，实在爱莫能助！ Duìbuqǐ, shízài àimònéngzhùI’m sorry, I’d love to help but my hands are tied.