助長

See also: 助长

Chinese

		to help; to assist	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (助長)		助	長
simp. (助长)		助	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō͘-tióng / chō͘-tiáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-chang³
    • Yale: jù-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhjaang
    • Palladius: чжучжан (čžučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ zoeng²
    • Yale: joh jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō͘-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: tsōo-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxdiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō͘-tiáng
    • Tâi-lô: tsōo-tiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxdiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tiaŋ⁵³/

Verb

助長

1. to encourage growth; to foster; to contribute to a development; to drive
2. (derogatory) to induce; to impel; to encourage; to provoke; to foment; to abet

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
助	長
じょ Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

助(じょ)長(ちょう) • (jochō) 

1. promotion, encouragement, furtherance, advancement

Verb

助(じょ)長(ちょう)する • (jochō suru) suru (stem 助(じょ)長(ちょう)し (jochō shi), past 助(じょ)長(ちょう)した (jochō shita))

1. to promote, to encourage, to foster, to foment, to forward