Self-help is using your own effort to deal with problems, instead of depending on other people to fix them for you. A self-help group is people with the same trouble who meet and support each other.

Self-help is是 using your own effort用你自己的力氣 to deal with problems去處理問題， instead of而不是 depending on other people靠別人 to fix them for you替你解決。 A self-help group自助團體 is是 with the same trouble有同樣困擾的 people一群人， who meet聚在一起 and support each other互相支持。

In bookshops in English-speaking countries, self-help is also a whole shelf: books that promise to make you calmer, richer, or more confident. That shop meaning is often the one learners meet first. Though actually, "self-help" on a cover is a sales label as much as a promise — some of those books are wise, and some just sound warm.

in English-speaking countries在英語國家 In bookshops的書店裡， self-help also也 is a whole shelf是一整個書櫃： that promise to make you承諾要讓你 calmer更平靜、 richer更有錢 or more confident或更有自信的 books書。 That shop meaning那個書店裡的意思， is often常常是 learners學英文的人 meet first最先碰到的 the one那一個。 Though actually不過其實， on a cover封面上的 “self-help”， as much as a promise既是承諾， is a sales label也是銷售標籤—— some of those books那些書有些 are wise很有智慧， and some有些 just sound warm只是聽起來溫暖。

The word can also mean practical DIY: a self-help guide to filling in a form, a self-help repair manual. It is a noun. We say "self-help" or "a self-help book," not "I self-help."

The word這個字 can also mean也可以指 practical DIY實際動手的自己來： to filling in a form教你填表格的 a self-help guide自助指南、 a self-help repair manual自助維修手冊。 It它 is a noun是名詞。 We我們 say會說 “self-help” or “a self-help book,”， not不會說 “I self-help.”。