帮忙

幫忙

bāngmáng

verb HSK 1 #579

Meanings

1 to help
2 to lend a hand
3 to do a favor

Characters

Literally 'help with busyness' — to lend a hand when someone is busy or in need.

Examples

请你帮忙。

Qǐng nǐ bāngmáng.

Please help.

谢谢你的帮忙。

Xièxie nǐ de bāngmáng.

Thank you for your help.

Tips

grammar

帮忙 is a verb-object compound, so you can't insert a direct object between 帮 and 忙. Say 帮我忙 or 帮我的忙, not *帮忙我.

Stroke Order

帮 bāng

忙 máng