補助

See also: 补助 and 輔助

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	to help; to assist
trad. (補助)		補	助
simp. (补助)		补	助

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zo⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-chō͘ / pú-chiǔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-chu⁴
    • Yale: bǔ-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buujuh
    • Palladius: бучжу (bučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou² zo⁶
    • Yale: bóu joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 寶座 / 宝座 補助 / 补助

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-chō͘
    • Tâi-lô: póo-tsōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofzo
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pú-chiǔ
    • Tâi-lô: pú-tsiǔ
    • Sinological IPA (Longyan): /pu²¹ t͡siu⁵³/

Noun

補助

1. subsidy; financial allowance

Synonyms

edit

• 津貼 / 津贴 (jīntiē)
• 補助金 / 补助金 (bǔzhùjīn)
• 補貼 / 补贴 (bǔtiē)
• 資助金 / 资助金 (zīzhùjīn)

Verb

補助

1. to subsidise; to provide financial assistance

Synonyms

• 補貼／补贴 (bǔtiē)
• 貼補／贴补 (tiēbǔ)
• 津貼／津贴 (jīntiē)

Derived terms

• 補助翼 / 补助翼 (bǔzhùyì)
• 補助金 / 补助金 (bǔzhùjīn)

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “补助”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 62.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
補	助
ほ Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
輔助

Etymology

補 is a daiyōji replacing 輔.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほじょ [hóꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ʑo̞]

Noun

補(ほ)助(じょ) • (hojo) ^{←ほじよ (fozyo)?}

1. help, aid
2. assistance

Derived terms

• 補(ほ)助(じょ)金(きん) (hojokin)
• 補(ほ)助(じょ)犬(けん) (hojoken)
• 補(ほ)助(じょ)席(せき) (hojoseki)

Verb

補(ほ)助(じょ)する • (hojo suru) ^{←ほじよ (fozyo)?}transitive suru (stem 補(ほ)助(じょ)し (hojo shi), past 補(ほ)助(じょ)した (hojo shita))

1. to help, to aid, to assist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "補助する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	補助し	ほじょし	hojo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	補助し	ほじょし	hojo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	補助する	ほじょする	hojo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	補助する	ほじょする	hojo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	補助すれ	ほじょすれ	hojo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	補助せよ¹ 補助しろ²	ほじょせよ¹ ほじょしろ²	hojo seyo¹ hojo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	補助される	ほじょされる	hojo sareru
Causative	補助させる 補助さす	ほじょさせる ほじょさす	hojo saseru hojo sasu
Potential	補助できる	ほじょできる	hojo dekiru
Volitional	補助しよう	ほじょしよう	hojo shiyō
Negative	補助しない	ほじょしない	hojo shinai
Negative continuative	補助せず	ほじょせず	hojo sezu
Formal	補助します	ほじょします	hojo shimasu
Perfective	補助した	ほじょした	hojo shita
Conjunctive	補助して	ほじょして	hojo shite
Hypothetical conditional	補助すれば	ほじょすれば	hojo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “補助”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025