HSK 2 · Common Verbs

帮助 bāngzhù “to help” in Chinese

Traditional 幫助

What 帮助 means

  1. to help
  2. assistance
  3. aid
  4. to assist

How to say 帮助

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling

帮助 in a sentence

  1. 你如果需要帮助，就告诉我。

    Nǐ rúguǒ xūyào bāngzhù, jiù gàosu wǒ.

    If you need any help, just let me know.

    Sentence #5613666 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我帮助我爸爸给花浇水。

    Wǒ bāngzhù wǒ bàba gěi huā jiāoshuǐ.

    I help my dad water the flowers.

    Sentence #2889801 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. “谢谢你的帮助。”“不用谢。”

    “Xièxie nǐ de bāngzhù.” “Bú yòng xiè.”

    “Thanks for your help.” “No worries.”

    Sentence #507335 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 帮助 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 助 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
助zhùto help
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

How to write 帮助

帮 9 strokes · 助 7 strokes

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

Words related to 帮助

Words with 帮

帮bāng · to help帮忙bāngmáng · to help

Words with 助

辅助fǔzhù · to assist借助jièzhù · to rely on协助xiézhù · to assist助理zhùlǐ · assistant助手zhùshǒu · assistant赞助zànzhù · to sponsor资助zīzhù · to fund拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

More words: Common Verbs

说话shuōhuà · to speak踢足球tīzúqiú · to play football (football)休息xiūxi · to rest找zhǎo · to look for介绍jièshào · to introduce等děng · to wait玩wán · to play进jìn · to enter

FAQs

帮助 (bāngzhù) means “to help” or “assistance”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it bāngzhù: bāng with a 1st tone, then zhù with a 4th 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, 帮助 is written 幫助. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bangzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 帮助 from the suggestions. Typing bangzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
帮助 is an HSK 2 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.