HSK 6 · Verbs

协助 xiézhù “to assist” in Chinese

Traditional 協助

What 协助 means

  1. to assist
  2. to help
  3. to provide assistance
  4. to aid

How to say 协助

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale协xié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling

协助 in a sentence

  1. 您需要我们的协助吗？

    Nín xūyào wǒmen de xiézhù ma?

    Do you need our help?

    Sentence #3364551 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我会尽量协助你们的。

    Wǒ huì jǐnliàng xiézhù nǐmen de.

    I’ll do my best to help you.

    Sentence #13210521 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他将协助这个计划。

    Tā jiāng xiézhù zhè ge jìhuà.

    He will assist with this project.

    Sentence #1366173 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 协助 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 协 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
协xiéto cooperate
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 办to set up · bànMeaning part

办 hints at the meaning (to set up); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

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 协助

协 6 strokes · 助 7 strokes

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

Words related to 协助

Words with 协

妥协tuǒxié · to compromise协商xiéshāng · to consult协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协议xiéyì · agreement协会xiéhuì · association齐心协力qíxīnxiélì · to work together

Words with 助

帮助bāngzhù · to help辅助fǔzhù · to assist借助jièzhù · to rely on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

消耗xiāohào · to consume销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out携带xiédài · to carry (on one’s person)熄灭xīmiè · to go out牺牲xīshēng · to sacrifice修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build

FAQs

协助 (xiézhù) means “to assist” or “to help”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiézhù: xié with a 2nd 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, 协助 is written 協助. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiezhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 协助 from the suggestions. Typing xiezhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
协助 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.