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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *周* | 周* | *周
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially
HSK 2
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
HSK 1
assistance; aid / to help; to assist
HSK 2
cannot help / unable to bear
HSK 5
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement
HSK 4
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
to help farmers (promote or sell their produce); to support the agricultural sector (through an economic policy etc)
a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else
HSK 6
to help others
arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
HSK 7-9
to help / to support / to aid / aid / assistance
HSK 6
to facilitate; to help bring about
HSK 7-9
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  *扶* | 扶* | *扶
to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help
HSK 5
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
assistant; helper
HSK 5
OK lens, orthokeratology contact lens that helps reshape the cornea in order to eliminate nearsightedness or myopia
can't help (doing sth)
to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off
to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims
HSK 5
to help; to aid / assistance
emergency relief / to help the needy with cash or goods
HSK 7-9
to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation
HSK 7-9
to save / to support / to help / to assist
HSK 6
lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *协* | 协* | *协
to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *助* | 助* | *助
to help / to assist
can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from
HSK 6
to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
HSK 7-9
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
to help sb in trouble / aid / assistance
HSK 6
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
HSK 7-9
to draw support from / with the help of
HSK 7-9
to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!
HSK 6
to help / to assist
HSK 7-9
Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
helper; assistant
to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
to request help / to appeal (for help)
HSK 7-9
to empty out one's pocket / (fig.) to give everything one has (to help)
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
to bother / to trouble / (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you / thank you for your time
unavoidably / can't help / really / rather
HSK 7-9
to be of service to others / to help others / benevolent
not be without some advantage / be of some help
can't help it / can't bear it
HSK 7-9
to help / to do a favor / (Shanghainese) Come on! / Give me a break!
to help the poor
to lift a siege / to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment
HSK 7-9
bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well
to help each other
HSK 7-9
to assist / to help sb do sth / to cooperate in doing sth
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
cannot help / to be beyond control of
long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation
to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / undisturbed / peaceful
comprehensive / thorough / to bring one's help / to assist
(idiom) willing to help others
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over
to call for help
HSK 7-9
anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
to help those in distress (idiom)
Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors
human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him
isolated and without help
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
to be more of a hindrance than a help
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倩* | 倩* | *倩
pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old)
(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
HSK 7-9
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
to help people in distress
warmhearted; willing to help others
to help one another / to come to sb's help
servant / domestic help
to help the dying and heal the injured
to support / to help
to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money / to give generously to charity
to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to
to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
to help those in distress (idiom)
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
to help people with disabilities
by means of; through; with the help of
(idiom) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil
(Internet slang) can't contain oneself / unable to bear / can't help (doing sth)
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
benefit / help
to help those in distress
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
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  *济* | 济* | *济
to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help
(usually used in the negative) to be of help or use

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