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

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
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²¹/

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	/bɨo^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bio^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bio^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆^X/	/t͡sa^H/
Li Rong	/bio^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Wang Li	/bĭu^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
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	‹ bju^X ›	‹ tsa^H ›
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

(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)
→ Vietnamese: phụ tá (輔佐)

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.)

References

“^▲輔佐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
輔	佐

Noun

輔佐

chữ Hán form of phụ tá (“assistant”)