輔佐

See also: 辅佐 and 補佐

Chinese

		to assist	to assist
trad. (輔佐)		輔	佐
simp. (辅佐)		辅	佐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔzuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ zo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hù-chò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔzuǒ [Phonetic: fúzuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔzuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-tso³
    • Yale: fǔ-dzwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuutzuoo
    • Palladius: фуцзо (fuczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ zo³
    • Yale: fuh jo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ dzo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ zo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² t͡sɔː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù-chò
    • Tâi-lô: hù-tsò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huozoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuX tsaH

Rime
Character	輔	佐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	扶雨切	則箇切
Baxter	bjuX	tsaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoX/	/t͡sɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/bioX/	/t͡sɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/bioX/	/t͡sɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆X/	/t͡saH/
Li Rong	/bioX/	/t͡sɑH/
Wang Li	/bĭuX/	/t͡sɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uX/	/t͡sɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu6	zo3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)aʔ  tsˤarʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baʔ  ʔsaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輔	佐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǔ	zuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuX ›	‹ tsaH ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)aʔ/	/*tsˁarʔ-s/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)
English	help	aid, assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輔	佐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3470	18005
Phonetic component	甫	左
Rime group	魚	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	父	佐
Old Chinese	/*baʔ/	/*ʔsaːls/

Verb

輔佐

1. (literary) to assist (especially a ruler in matters of governance)

   輔佐皇帝／辅佐皇帝  ―  fǔzuǒ huángdì  ―  to assist an emperor

Synonyms

• (literary) 夾輔／夹辅 (jiāfǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (輔佐):

• → Japanese: 補佐(ほさ) (hosa)
• → Korean: 보좌(輔佐) (bojwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輔	佐
ほ Jinmeiyō	さ Grade: 4
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 輔佐 – see the following entry.

【補佐ほさ】 [noun] aid, assistance to someone in the course of their work [noun] an aide, some whose job is to assist another [verb] assist, offer counsel

(This term, 輔佐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)