Chinese symbol for “mentor”
辅导
fǔ dǎo
Traditional: 輔導
to guide; to mentor; to counsel; to coach; to tutor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mentor is 辅导 (fǔ dǎo), defined as: to guide; to mentor; to counsel; to coach; to tutor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mentor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帮教 (幫教) | bāng jiào | to mentor |
| 指导者 (指導者) | zhǐ dǎo zhě | coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor |
| 良师益友 (良師益友) | liáng shī yì yǒu | good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor |
| 人师 (人師) | rén shī | mentor; role model |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辅导.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辅助 (輔助) | fǔ zhù | to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary |
| 辅佐 (輔佐) | fǔ zuǒ | to assist (usually a ruler) |
| 辅以 (輔以) | fǔ yǐ | supplemented by; accompanied by |
| 辅导员 (輔導員) | fǔ dǎo yuán | student counselor (in Chinese universities) |
| 相辅相成 (相輔相成) | xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng | (idiom) to complement one another |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mentor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.