助動詞

See also: 助动词

Chinese

		to help; to assist	verb
trad. (助動詞)		助	動詞
simp. (助动词)		助	动词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùdòngcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ dung⁶ ci⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chō͘-tōng-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhùdòngcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄘˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhdonqtsy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùdòngcíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ dung⁶ ci⁴
    • Yale: joh duhng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dung⁶ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ dung⁶ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʊŋ²² t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō͘-tōng-sû
    • Tâi-lô: tsōo-tōng-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxdoxngsuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ su²³/

Noun

助動詞

1. (grammar) auxiliary verb

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
助	動	詞
じょ Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

助(じょ)動(どう)詞(し) • (jodōshi) 

1. (grammar) auxiliary verb
2. (grammar) inflecting suffix or particle in Japanese

Usage notes

The meaning of 助動詞 is different in Western grammar and in traditional Japanese grammar.

• られる in 食べられる is analysed as an inflecting suffix in Western grammar, while it is called 助動詞 in traditional Japanese grammar.
• いる in している is analysed as an auxiliary verb in Western grammar, while it is called 補助動詞 in traditional Japanese grammar.

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
助	動	詞

Noun

助動詞 • (jodongsa) (hangeul 조동사)

1. Hanja form^? of 조동사 (“auxiliary verb”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
助	動	詞

Noun

助動詞

1. Hán tự form of trợ động từ (“auxiliary verb”).