HSK 5 · Education

辅导 fǔdǎo “to give guidance” in Chinese

Said as fúdǎo

Traditional 輔導

What 辅导 means

  1. to give guidance
  2. to mentor
  3. to guide
  4. to counsel
  5. to coach
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to tutor

How to say 辅导

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale辅fǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as fúdǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

辅导 in a sentence

  1. 姐姐每天晚上辅导我做数学作业。

    Jiějie měitiān wǎnshang fǔdǎo wǒ zuò shùxué zuòyè.

    My older sister helps me with my maths homework every evening.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这位老师周末给学生辅导英语。

    Zhè wèi lǎoshī zhōumò gěi xuésheng fǔdǎo Yīngyǔ.

    This teacher tutors students in English at the weekend.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 辅导 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 辅 (fǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
辅fǔto assist
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 甫to begin · fǔSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 甫 (fǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǔ.

The character 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 辅导

辅 11 strokes · 导 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

辅导 (fǔdǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 辅导 (fǔdǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 辅导

Words with 辅

辅助fǔzhù · to assist相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide导致dǎozhì · to lead to指导zhǐdǎo · to guide导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)领导lǐngdǎo · leader倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate引导yǐndǎo · to guide主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导弹dǎodàn · guided missile导航dǎoháng · navigation

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FAQs

辅导 (fǔdǎo) means “to give guidance” or “to mentor”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fǔdǎo: fǔ with a 3rd tone, then dǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like fúdǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 辅导 is written 輔導. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fudao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辅导 from the suggestions. Typing fudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辅导 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.