pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
援 
援 
yuan2 
 
 
to help; to assist; to aid 
 
 
strokes 
12 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
9 
 
奥援 
奧援 
ao4 yuan2 
 
 
hidden ally; powerful support; support; backup 
 
驰援 
馳援 
chi2 yuan2 
 
 
to rush to the rescue 
 
弹尽援绝 
彈盡援絕 
dan4 jin4 yuan2 jue2 
 
 
out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits 
 
防化救援 
防化救援 
fang2 hua4 jiu4 yuan2 
 
 
antichemical rescue 
 
孤立无援 
孤立無援 
gu1 li4 wu2 yuan2 
 
 
isolated and without help 
 
后援 
後援 
hou4 yuan2 
 
 
reinforcement; back-up; supporting force 
 
技术援助 
技術援助 
ji4 shu4 yuan2 zhu4 
 
 
technical assistance 
 
救援 
救援 
jiu4 yuan2 
 
 
to save; to support; to help; to assist 
 
救援队 
救援隊 
jiu4 yuan2 dui4 
 
 
rescue team 
 
军事援助 
軍事援助 
jun1 shi4 yuan2 zhu4 
 
 
military aid 
 
抗美援朝 
抗美援朝 
kang4 mei3 yuan2 chao2 
 
 
Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) 
 
攀援 
攀援 
pan1 yuan2 
 
 
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant) 
 
畔援 
畔援 
pan4 yuan2 
 
 
domineering; tyrannical 
 
请援 
請援 
qing3 yuan2 
 
 
to request help; to appeal (for assistance) 
 
求援 
求援 
qiu2 yuan2 
 
 
to ask for help 
 
人道救援 
人道救援 
ren2 dao4 jiu4 yuan2 
 
 
humanitarian aid 
 
声援 
聲援 
sheng1 yuan2 
 
 
to support (a cause) 
 
外援 
外援 
wai4 yuan2 
 
 
external help; foreign aid 
 
围城打援 
圍城打援 
wei2 cheng2 da3 yuan2 
 
 
to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops 
 
无援 
無援 
wu2 yuan2 
 
 
without support; helpless 
 
援兵 
援兵 
yuan2 bing1 
 
 
reinforcement 
 
援交 
援交 
yuan2 jiao1 
 
 
abbr. for 援助交際|援助交际 
 
援交妹 
援交妹 
yuan2 jiao1 mei4 
 
 
prostitute (slang); see also 援助交際|援助交际 
 
援交小姐 
援交小姐 
yuan2 jiao1 xiao3 jie5 
 
 
girl who engages in enjo-kōsai; see also 援助交際|援助交际 
 
援救 
援救 
yuan2 jiu4 
 
 
to come to the aid of; to save; to rescue from danger; to relieve 
 
援手 
援手 
yuan2 shou3 
 
 
assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand 
 
援引 
援引 
yuan2 yin3 
 
 
to quote; to cite; to recommend (one's friend's, associates etc) 
 
援用 
援用 
yuan2 yong4 
 
 
to quote; to cite 
 
援藏 
援藏 
yuan2 zang4 
 
 
pro-Tibet; to support Tibet; to support Tibetan independence 
 
援助 
援助 
yuan2 zhu4 
 
 
to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance 
 
援助机构 
援助機構 
yuan2 zhu4 ji1 gou4 
 
 
relief agency; emergency service; rescue organisation 
 
援助交际 
援助交際 
yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4 
 
 
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors 
 
援助之手 
援助之手 
yuan2 zhu4 zhi1 shou3 
 
 
a helping hand 
 
增援 
增援 
zeng1 yuan2 
 
 
to reinforce 
 
支援 
支援 
zhi1 yuan2 
 
 
to provide assistance; to support; to back 
 
阻援 
阻援 
zu3 yuan2 
 
 
to block reinforcements