自 助

zìzhù

“Self-service” in Chinese is 自助 (zìzhù).

Meaning

self-service

Example

助人者自助。

To help others is to help yourself.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zìHSK 26 strokesself; oneself zhùHSK 27 strokesto help

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Not to be confused with: 自主 (zìzhǔ, to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs) · 资助 (zīzhù, to subsidize)