HSK 3 · Verbs

帮忙 bāngmáng “to help” in Chinese

Traditional 幫忙

What 帮忙 means

  1. to help
  2. to lend a hand
  3. to do a favour
  4. to do a good turn

How to say 帮忙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale帮bāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale忙máng2nd tone, rising

帮忙 in a sentence

  1. 我们去找人帮忙吧。

    Wǒmen qù zhǎo rén bāngmáng ba.

    Let’s go and find someone to help.

    Sentence #12332986 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你说你有困难。我能帮忙吗？

    Nǐ shuō nǐ yǒu kùnnan. Wǒ néng bāngmáng ma?

    You said you were having trouble. Can I help?

    Sentence #6089785 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我有点儿小事情想请你帮忙。

    Wǒ yǒudiǎnr xiǎo shìqing xiǎng qǐng nǐ bāngmáng.

    I have a small favour to ask you.

    Sentence #374675 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 帮忙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 帮 (bāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
帮bāngto help
  • 邦country · bāng
  • 巾napkin · jīn

Memory aidCloth 巾 with 邦 (bāng) for the sound: to help.

The character 忙 (máng) with each of its parts in a different colour
忙mángbusy
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 亡death · wáng

Memory aidPicture a heart 忄 that is lost 亡: too busy to think. 亡 (wáng) also gives the sound.

How to write 帮忙

帮 9 strokes · 忙 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

帮忙 (bāngmáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 帮忙 (bāngmáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 帮忙

Words with 帮

帮bāng · to help帮助bāngzhù · to help

Words with 忙

忙máng · busy匆忙cōngmáng · hasty急忙jímáng · hastily连忙liánmáng · promptly繁忙fánmáng · busy忙碌mánglù · busy

More words: Common Verbs

穿chuān · to wear送sòng · to give as gift走zǒu · to walk搬bān · to move包bāo · to cover变化biànhuà · change参加cānjiā · participate迟到chídào · arrive late

FAQs

帮忙 (bāngmáng) means “to help” or “to lend a hand”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bāngmáng: bāng with a 1st tone, then máng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 帮忙 is written 幫忙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bangmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 帮忙 from the suggestions. Typing bangmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
帮忙 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.