HSK 6 · Verbs

借助 jièzhù “to rely on” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 借助 means

  1. to rely on
  2. with the help of
  3. to draw support from

How to say 借助

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale借jiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling

借助 in a sentence

  1. 我借助字典读完了这本小说。

    Wǒ jièzhù zìdiǎn dúwán le zhè běn xiǎoshuō.

    I read the whole novel with the help of a dictionary.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 借助地图，我们很快找到了那家饭馆。

    Jièzhù dìtú, wǒmen hěn kuài zhǎodào le nà jiā fànguǎn.

    With the help of a map, we quickly found the restaurant.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 借助 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 借 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
借jièto borrow
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 昔past · xīSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 昔 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

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 借助

借 10 strokes · 助 7 strokes

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

Words related to 借助

Words with 借

借jiè · lend借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from

Words with 助

帮助bāngzhù · to help辅助fǔzhù · to assist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

竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate节制jiézhì · to control惊动jīngdòng · to disturb精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute进攻jìngōng · to attack

FAQs

借助 (jièzhù) means “to rely on” or “with the help of”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jièzhù: jiè with a 4th 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.
Yes. 借助 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiezhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 借助 from the suggestions. Typing jiezhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
借助 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.