內助

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	to help; to assist
trad. (內助)		內	助
simp. (内助)		内	助
Literally: “internal help”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nèizhù

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ zo⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lōe-chō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nèizhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyjuh
  - IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ zo⁶
  - Yale: noih joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ zo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔːy̯²² t͡sɔː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōe-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: luē-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loexzo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lue²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔ²²/

Noun

內助

(literary) wife (who provides support to the husband)

Derived terms

內助之賢／内助之贤

賢內助／贤内助 (xiánnèizhù)

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