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There are 46 total results for your Helpful search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

良師益友


良师益友

see styles
liáng shī yì yǒu
    liang2 shi1 yi4 you3
liang shih i yu

More info & calligraphy:

Mentor: Teacher and Friend
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor

中用

see styles
zhōng yòng
    zhong1 yong4
chung yung
useful; helpful; Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]

懇切


恳切

see styles
kěn qiè
    ken3 qie4
k`en ch`ieh
    ken chieh
 konsetsu
    こんせつ
earnest; sincere
(noun or adjectival noun) (See 懇切丁寧) kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous

有助

see styles
yǒu zhù
    you3 zhu4
yu chu
 yuusuke / yusuke
    ゆうすけ
helpful; beneficial; to help; conducive to
(personal name) Yūsuke

有用

see styles
yǒu yòng
    you3 yong4
yu yung
 yuuyou / yuyo
    ゆうよう
useful
(noun or adjectival noun) useful; helpful

有益

see styles
yǒu yì
    you3 yi4
yu i
 arimasu
    あります
useful; beneficial; profitable
(noun or adjectival noun) beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive; (surname) Arimasu
advantageous

益友

see styles
yì yǒu
    yi4 you3
i yu
 ekiyuu / ekiyu
    えきゆう
helpful friend; wise companion
good friend; useful friend

篤厚


笃厚

see styles
dǔ hòu
    du3 hou4
tu hou
 tokuatsu
    とくあつ
honest and generous; magnanimous
(noun or adjectival noun) helpful and sincere; kind and honest; (personal name) Tokuatsu

調法

see styles
 chouhou / choho
    ちょうほう
(noun or adjectival noun) (See 重宝・1) convenient; useful; handy; helpful

重宝

see styles
 shigetaka
    しげたか
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ちょうほう only) convenient; useful; handy; helpful; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (ちょうほう only) finding useful; coming in handy; using often; (3) (priceless) treasure; (given name) Shigetaka

協力的

see styles
 kyouryokuteki / kyoryokuteki
    きょうりょくてき
(adjectival noun) cooperative; helpful

役だつ

see styles
 yakudatsu
    やくだつ
(v5t,vi) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

役立つ

see styles
 yakudatsu
    やくだつ
(v5t,vi) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

有幫助


有帮助

see styles
yǒu bāng zhù
    you3 bang1 zhu4
yu pang chu
helpful

活雷鋒


活雷锋

see styles
huó léi fēng
    huo2 lei2 feng1
huo lei feng
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)

力になる

see styles
 chikaraninaru
    ちからになる
(exp,v5r) (See 力・ちから・6) to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

実になる

see styles
 mininaru
    みになる
(irregular kanji usage) (Godan verb with "ru" ending) to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful

役にたつ

see styles
 yakunitatsu
    やくにたつ
(exp,v5t) to be helpful; to be useful

役に立つ

see styles
 yakunitatsu
    やくにたつ
(exp,v5t) to be helpful; to be useful

身になる

see styles
 mininaru
    みになる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) (1) to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful; (2) to stand in someone else's shoes; (3) (archaism) to care deeply for someone

やくに立つ

see styles
 yakunitatsu
    やくにたつ
(exp,v5t) to be helpful; to be useful

世話を焼く

see styles
 sewaoyaku
    せわをやく
(exp,v5k) (idiom) to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

助けになる

see styles
 tasukeninaru
    たすけになる
(exp,v5r) to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

参考になる

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 sankouninaru / sankoninaru
    さんこうになる
(exp,v5r) to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive

気を利かす

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 kiokikasu
    きをきかす
(exp,v5s) (1) (See 気を利かせる・1) to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.); (exp,v5s) (2) (See 気を利かせる・2) to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings)

気をきかせる

see styles
 kiokikaseru
    きをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.); (2) to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings)

気を利かせる

see styles
 kiokikaseru
    きをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.); (2) to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings)

良薬口に苦し

see styles
 ryouyakukuchininigashi / ryoyakukuchininigashi
    りょうやくくちににがし
(expression) (proverb) the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter

面倒見がいい

see styles
 mendoumigaii / mendomigai
    めんどうみがいい
(exp,adj-ix) (See 面倒見のいい・めんどうみのいい) very helpful; caring; service-minded

面倒見がよい

see styles
 mendoumigayoi / mendomigayoi
    めんどうみがよい
(exp,adj-i) very helpful; caring; service-minded

面倒見が良い

see styles
 mendoumigayoi / mendomigayoi
    めんどうみがよい
(exp,adj-i) very helpful; caring; service-minded

面倒見のいい

see styles
 mendouminoii / mendominoi
    めんどうみのいい
(exp,adj-ix) helpful (in terms of taking care of people)

面倒見のよい

see styles
 mendouminoyoi / mendominoyoi
    めんどうみのよい
(exp,adj-i) helpful (in terms of taking care of people)

面倒見の良い

see styles
 mendouminoyoi / mendominoyoi
    めんどうみのよい
(exp,adj-i) helpful (in terms of taking care of people)

良薬は口に苦し

see styles
 ryouyakuhakuchininigashi / ryoyakuhakuchininigashi
    りょうやくはくちににがし
(expression) (proverb) the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; good medicine tastes bitter

Variations:
世話焼き
世話焼

 sewayaki
    せわやき
(1) helpful person; person who likes looking after others; (2) overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; (3) manager; go-between; caretaker

Variations:
役立つ
役だつ

 yakudatsu
    やくだつ
(v5t,vi) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

Variations:
物を言う
ものを言う

 monooiu
    ものをいう
(exp,v5u) (1) to speak (of something); (exp,v5u) (2) to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful; to be important; to matter; to mean everything

Variations:
身になる
実になる(iK)

 mininaru
    みになる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) (1) to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful; (Godan verb with "ru" ending) (2) (身になる only) to stand in someone else's shoes; (Godan verb with "ru" ending) (3) (身になる only) (archaism) to care deeply for someone

Variations:
身になる
実になる(sK)

 mininaru
    みになる
(exp,v5r) (1) to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to be helpful; to be useful; (exp,v5r) (2) (as ...の〜) to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes

Variations:
面倒見が良い
面倒見がよい

 mendoumigayoi / mendomigayoi
    めんどうみがよい
(exp,adj-i) very helpful; caring; service-minded

Variations:
面倒見の良い
面倒見のよい

 mendouminoyoi / mendominoyoi
    めんどうみのよい
(exp,adj-i) (See 面倒見のいい) helpful (in terms of taking care of people)

Variations:
役に立つ
役にたつ
やくに立つ

 yakunitatsu
    やくにたつ
(exp,v5t) to be helpful; to be useful

Variations:
面倒見がいい
面倒見が良い
面倒見がよい

 mendoumigaii(面倒見gaii, 面倒見ga良i); mendoumigayoi(面倒見ga良i, 面倒見gayoi) / mendomigai(面倒見gai, 面倒見ga良i); mendomigayoi(面倒見ga良i, 面倒見gayoi)
    めんどうみがいい(面倒見がいい, 面倒見が良い); めんどうみがよい(面倒見が良い, 面倒見がよい)
(exp,adj-ix) very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

Variations:
面倒見の良い
面倒見のいい
面倒見のよい

 mendouminoyoi(面倒見no良i, 面倒見noyoi); mendouminoii(面倒見no良i, 面倒見noii) / mendominoyoi(面倒見no良i, 面倒見noyoi); mendominoi(面倒見no良i, 面倒見noi)
    めんどうみのよい(面倒見の良い, 面倒見のよい); めんどうみのいい(面倒見の良い, 面倒見のいい)
(exp,adj-ix) very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

Variations:
役に立つ
役にたつ
やくに立つ(sK)

 yakunitatsu
    やくにたつ
(exp,v5t) to be helpful; to be useful

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 46 results for "Helpful" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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