助長

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
• Min Nan (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ zoeng²
    • Yale: joh jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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):

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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):

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Synonyms of 助長

主使 (zhǔshǐ) 使使 (Min Nan) 使唆 (Min Nan) 勾引 (gōuyǐn) 唆使 (suōshǐ) 嗾使 (sǒushǐ) 引逗 (yǐndòu) 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary) 指使 (zhǐshǐ) 挑唆 (tiǎosuō) 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ) 搬弄 (bānnòng) 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary) 教唆 (jiàosuō) 煽惑 (shānhuò) 簸弄 (bǒnòng) 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn) 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu) 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng) 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng) 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng) 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō) 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn) 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng) 攏慫／拢怂 (Min Nan) 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial) 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng) 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)

Derived terms

拔苗助長／拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng)

揠苗助長／揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) じょちょー [jòchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

助(じょ)長(ちょう) • (jochō) 

1. promotion, encouragement, furtherance, advancement[2]

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[2]

References

1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
2. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary (in English), Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.