HSK 6 · Verbs

辅助 fǔzhù “to assist” in Chinese

Traditional 輔助

What 辅助 means

  1. to assist
  2. auxiliary
  3. supplementary
  4. to aid

How to say 辅助

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling

辅助 in a sentence

  1. 这个软件可以辅助学习汉字。

    Zhè ge ruǎnjiàn kěyǐ fǔzhù xuéxí hànzì.

    This app can help with learning Chinese characters.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 老师用图片作为辅助材料。

    Lǎoshī yòng túpiàn zuòwéi fǔzhù cáiliào.

    The teacher uses pictures as supplementary material.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 辅助 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 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.

How to write 辅助

辅 11 strokes · 助 7 strokes

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

Words related to 辅助

Words with 辅

辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other

Words with 助

帮助bāngzhù · to help借助jièzhù · to rely on协助xiézhù · to assist助理zhùlǐ · assistant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)

More words: Common Verbs

抚摸fǔmō · to stroke俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily赋予fùyǔ · to give改良gǎiliáng · to improve干扰gānrǎo · to disturb干涉gānshè · to interfere干预gānyù · to intervene

FAQs

辅助 (fǔzhù) means “to assist” or “auxiliary”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǔzhù: fǔ with a 3rd tone, then zhù with a 4th tone. 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, 辅助 is written 輔助. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辅助 from the suggestions. Typing fuzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辅助 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.