捐助 (juān zhù) — to donate (money, goods) for charitable or assistance purposes; to contribute (as a form of aid)

Definition

捐助 (juānzhù) emphasizes giving money or goods to help people in need, often in disaster relief or charitable causes — more directly tied to aiding people than the broader 贡献.

verb
to donate (money, goods) for charitable or assistance purposesto contribute (as a form of aid)

Examples

  • 捐助。
    Tā měi nián dōu juān zhù yì bǐ qián gěi xī wàng gōng chéng.
    He donates a sum of money to the Hope Project every year.
  • ，捐助。
    Zhè cì dì zhèn hòu, hěn duō rén zhǔ dòng juān zhù wù zī.
    After this earthquake, many people voluntarily donated supplies.
  • 捐助。
    Gōng sī jué dìng juān zhù shí wàn yuán yòng yú zāi qū chóng jiàn.
    The company decided to donate 100,000 yuan for disaster area reconstruction.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

捐juāncontribute
助zhùhelp

捐 contribute and 助 help combine in parallel to mean give aid or donate.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
肙
肙yuān捐juān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌, from 手, shows a hand doing something. The right side 肙 gives the sound yuān.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrong arm
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě助zhù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

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