HSK 6 · Work

助理 zhùlǐ “assistant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 助理 means

  1. assistant

How to say 助理

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

助理 in a sentence

  1. 他让我做他的助理。

    Tā ràng wǒ zuò tā de zhùlǐ.

    He asked me to be his assistant.

    Sentence #4182615 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我需要一个会说法语的助理。

    Wǒ xūyào yí ge huì shuō Fǎyǔ de zhùlǐ.

    I need an assistant who speaks French.

    Sentence #4809348 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 助理裁判向主裁判举旗示意比赛继续。

    Zhùlǐ cáipàn xiàng zhǔcáipàn jǔ qí shìyì bǐsài jìxù.

    The assistant referee raised his flag to signal that play should continue.

    Sentence #3579499 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 助理 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 助 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
助zhùto help
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 助理

助 7 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 助理

Words with 助

帮助bāngzhù · to help辅助fǔzhù · to assist借助jièzhù · to rely on协助xiézhù · to assist助手zhùshǒu · assistant赞助zànzhù · to sponsor资助zīzhù · to fund拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational

More words: Work & Career

报到bàodào · to report for duty执行zhíxíng · to carry out专长zhuāncháng · speciality主办zhǔbàn · to host主管zhǔguǎn · person in charge助手zhùshǒu · assistant资深zīshēn · senior作风zuòfēng · style (of work)

FAQs

助理 (zhùlǐ) means “assistant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùlǐ: zhù with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 助理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 助理 from the suggestions. Typing zhuli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
助理 is an HSK 6 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.