DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

習得性無助

简习得性无助 · 繁習得性無助

Mandarin · pinyin xí dé xìng wú zhù

(psychology) learned helplessness

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

習: xí · practice; flapping wings
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
無: Look up this written character
助: zhù · help, aid, assist
习: xí · practice; flapping wings
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–4–2–4 · xi2 de2 xing4 wu2 zhu4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

習得性無助 · find source passages ↗ · 习得性无助 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗