助手

Chinese

		to help; to assist	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (助手)		助	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ sau²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhu-sú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chō͘-chhiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo⁶ ciu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-shou³
    • Yale: jù-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhshoou
    • Palladius: чжушоу (čžušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 住手 助手 駐守／驻守

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ sau²
    • Yale: joh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō͘-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsōo-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxchiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo⁶ ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŏ tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵²/

Noun

助手

1. assistant; helper

Synonyms

• 二把手 (èrbǎshǒu)
• 副手 (fùshǒu)
• 助理 (zhùlǐ)
• 幫工／帮工 (bānggōng)
• 幫手／帮手 (bāngshǒu)
• 替手 (⁵thi-seu) (Wu)
• 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
• 鬥手／斗手 (Xiamen Hokkien)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
助	手
じょ Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Sinitic.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょしゅ [jòshú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

助(じょ)手(しゅ) • (joshu) 

1. assistant, helper
2. an assistant to a professor (but not a professor themselves)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
助	手
すけ Grade: 3	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すけて [sùkété] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝke̞te̞]

Noun

助(すけ)手(て) • (sukete) 

1. helper
2. a position in ancient Sumo performed at an imperial court