扶助

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	to help; to assist
simp. and trad. (扶助)		扶	助

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ zo⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fù-chhu

(Hailu, HRS): fu cu^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hû-chō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): hu⁵ zo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fújhù
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-chu⁴
  - Yale: fú-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwujuh
  - Palladius: фучжу (fučžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    扶助
    縛住 / 缚住
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁴ zo⁶
  - Yale: fùh joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ t͡sɔː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu² cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu cu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hû-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huzo
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²³⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hu⁵ zo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hû tsŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡so³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bju dzrjoH

Rime
Character	扶	助
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	防無切	牀據切
Baxter	bju	dzrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/d͡ʒɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/ɖ͡ʐiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/d͡ʒiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/ɖ͡ʐɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/bio/	/d͡ʒiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/d͡ʒĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu⁴	zo⁶

Verb

扶助

to assist; to give aid to

Synonyms

佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
使勁 / 使劲 (shǐjìn)
加勢 / 加势 (jiāshì)
助 (zhù)
助力 (zhùlì)
助理 (zhùlǐ)
助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
協助 / 协助 (xiézhù)
參佐 / 参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
幫 / 帮 (bāng)
幫助 / 帮助 (bāngzhù)
幫同 / 帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
幫寸 / 帮寸 (bāngcùn)
幫帶 / 帮带 (bāngdài)
幫忙 / 帮忙 (bāngmáng)
幫手 / 帮手 (bong¹ sau²) (Cantonese)
幫扶 / 帮扶 (bāngfú)
幫襯 / 帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫贈 / 帮赠 (Hokkien)
扶
扶持 (fúchí)
扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
拉巴 (dialectal)
挺 (tǐng)
援助 (yuánzhù)
𢯭手 (Hakka)
支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
支持 (zhīchí)
支援 (zhīyuán)
救 (jiù)
相幫 / 相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
相輔 / 相辅 (Teochew)
翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
聲援 / 声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
補臺 / 补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
贈力 / 赠力 (Hokkien)
贈助 / 赠助 (Hokkien)
贊喙 / 赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
贈手 / 赠手 (Hokkien)
贊聲 / 赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
輔助 / 辅助 (fǔzhù)
陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
鬥幫贈 / 斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
鬥相共 / 斗相共 (Hokkien)
鬥跤手 / 斗跤手 (Hokkien)
鬥跤搭 / 斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扶	助
ふ Grade: S	じょ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふじょ [fúꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑo̞]

Noun

扶(ふ)助(じょ) • (fujo)

aid; assistance
- 2025 May 23, 阿部圭史 [Keishi Abe], quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　厚生労働委員会　第20号　令和7年5月23日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, No. 20, May 23, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 4 September 2025:
  生活保護費のうち、その金額の半分が医療扶助となっておりますので、かなりの金額です。
  Seikatsu hogo-hi no uchi, sono kingaku no hanbun ga iryō fujo to natte ori masu node, kanari no kingaku desu.
  Half of the welfare benefits are medical assistance, so it is a considerable amount.

Verb

扶(ふ)助(じょ)する • (fujo suru) transitive suru (stem 扶(ふ)助(じょ)し (fujo shi), past 扶(ふ)助(じょ)した (fujo shita))

to aid; to sustain; to help

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
扶	助

Verb

扶助

chữ Hán form of phù trợ (“to help; to aid”)