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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōe-chō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèizhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèijhù
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: nèi-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyjuh
    • Palladius: нэйчжу (nɛjčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ zo⁶
    • Yale: noih joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² t͡sɔː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. (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)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
內	助

Adjective

內助

1. chữ Hán form of nội trợ (“related to household chores”).