帮衬

幫襯
bāngchèn
verb #85,520

Meanings

  1. 1 to help out
  2. 2 to assist financially
  3. 3 to patronize (a shop, business)

Examples

Qīnqi yǒu kùnnán, dàjiā bāngchèn yíxià.
When relatives are in trouble, everyone chips in to help.
Duōxiè gèwèi jiēfāng bāngchèn wǒmen de xiǎodiàn.
Many thanks to all our neighbors for patronizing our little shop.

Tips

register
Common in Cantonese-influenced speech and southern Mandarin, often with the 'patronize a business' sense — Cantonese (bong1 can3) means exactly 'be a customer at.' In northern Mandarin the 'help out' sense dominates.

Stroke Order

bāng
chèn