多助

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to help; to assist
trad. (多助)		多	助
simp. #(多助)		多	助

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ zo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duojhù
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-chu⁴
    • Yale: dwō-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duojuh
    • Palladius: дочжу (dočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ zo⁶
    • Yale: dō joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ta dzrjoH

Rime
Character	多	助
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	得何切	牀據切
Baxter	ta	dzrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑ/	/d͡ʒɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑ/	/ɖ͡ʐiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑ/	/d͡ʒiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ta/	/ɖ͡ʐɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/tɑ/	/d͡ʒiɔH/
Wang Li	/tɑ/	/d͡ʒĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duō	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do1	zo6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t.l]ˤaj  [dz]ra-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'aːl  zras/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	多	助
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duō	zhù
Middle Chinese	‹ ta ›	‹ dzrjoH ›
Old Chinese	/*[t.l]ˁaj/	/*[dz]ra-s/
English	many	help (v.)
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	多	助
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2637	10457
Phonetic component	多	且
Rime group	歌	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	多	助
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'aːl/	/*zras/
Notes	甲金文從二肉非二夕

Noun

多助

1. finding abundant support; abundance of support

   • 得道者多助，失道者寡助。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Dédào zhě duōzhù, shīdào zhě guǎzhù. [Pinyin]

     He who finds the proper course has many to assist him. He who loses the proper course has few to assist him.

   • 這個特點的具體反映是日本的退步和寡助，中國的進步和多助。 [MSC, trad.]
     这个特点的具体反映是日本的退步和寡助，中国的进步和多助。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhège tèdiǎn de jùtǐ fǎnyìng shì Rìběn de tuìbù hé guǎzhù, Zhōngguó de jìnbù hé duōzhù. [Pinyin]

     These characteristics are concretely reflected in Japan's retrogression and paucity of support and in China's progress and abundance of support.