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

Synonyms

• (to encourage growth):

• 促進／促进 (cùjìn)
• 增進／增进 (zēngjìn)
• 推動／推动 (tuīdòng)
• 推進／推进 (tuījìn)
• 驅使／驱使 (qūshǐ)
• 驅動／驱动 (qūdòng)

 

• (to induce):

• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
• 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

 

Derived terms

• 拔苗助長／拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng)
• 揠苗助長／揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょちょー [jòchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

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