帮忙

幫忙

bāngmáng

verb HSK 1 #579

Meanings

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

HSK 1

请你帮忙。

Qǐng nǐ bāngmáng.

Please help.

HSK 1

谢谢你的帮忙。

Xièxie nǐ de bāngmáng.

Thank you for your help.

HSK 2

大家一起帮忙，很快就做完了。

Dàjiā yìqǐ bāngmáng, hěnkuài jiù zuòwán le.

Everyone helped out together, and it was finished quickly.

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.

帮 bāng

忙 máng