幫忙

See also: 帮忙

Chinese

	to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	busy
trad. (幫忙)	幫	忙
simp. (帮忙)	帮	忙
2nd round simp.	邦忙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāngmáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤㄇㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ mong⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pông-mòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): bong¹ mong²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pang-bâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹paon-maon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāngmáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤㄇㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bangmáng
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹-mang²
  - Yale: bāng-máng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bangmang
  - Palladius: банман (banman)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāngmángr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤㄇㄤˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bangmángr
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹-mang²-ʼrh
  - Yale: bāng-mángr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bangmangl
  - Palladius: банманр (banmanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bong¹ mong⁴
  - Yale: bōng mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông-mòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: bong^ˊ mong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bong¹ mong²
  - Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴ moŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bong¹ mong²
  - Sinological IPA: /pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mɔŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang-bâng
  - Tâi-lô: pang-bâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangbaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² baŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³ baŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² baŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ baŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ baŋ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹paon-maon
  - MiniDict: paon^平 maon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹paan-maan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵⁵ mɑ̃²¹/

Verb

幫⫽忙 (verb-object)

(intransitive) to help; to give a hand; to do a favor
你幫了我們很多忙喔。 [MSC, trad.]
你帮了我们很多忙喔。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ bāng le wǒmen hěnduō máng ō. [Pinyin]
You've helped us so much.

你今天有空幫個忙嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
你今天有空帮个忙吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ jīntiān yǒukòng bāng ge máng ma? [Pinyin]
Would you have time today to help me with something?

你能不能幫我一個忙？ [MSC, trad.]
你能不能帮我一个忙？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ néng bù néng bāng wǒ yī ge máng? [Pinyin]
Can you do me a favor?
(Taiwanese Mandarin, transitive) to help; to give a hand; to do a favor
- 1993 or later, “吃火鍋記 (冬のナベはサイコーだゾ)”, in Crayon Shin-chan (anime), Taiwanese Mandarin edition, episode 36:
  
  對了對了小新啊，你可以幫忙我切火鍋的菜喲。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  对了对了小新啊，你可以帮忙我切火锅的菜哟。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  Duì le duì le Xiǎo Xīn a, nǐ kěyǐ bāngmáng wǒ qiē huǒguō de cài yō. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019, “奧斯塔羅／一張圖神解！目前的你需要調整個性嗎？”, in NOWnews今日新聞‎^[1], Yahoo Kimo web copy edition:
  
  明明周遭有人可以幫忙你 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  明明周遭有人可以帮忙你 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  míngmíng zhōuzāo yǒu rén kěyǐ bāngmáng nǐ [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024, 劉春生, “男子思鄉路旁徘徊臺西警協助平安回住處”, in 台灣新生報‎^[2], Yahoo Kimo web copy edition:
  
  警方帶他回所內安置，幫忙他尋找家人。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  警方带他回所内安置，帮忙他寻找家人。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  Jǐngfāng dài tā huí suǒ nèi ānzhì, bāngmáng tā xúnzhǎo jiārén. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幫忙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	幫忙兒
	Taiwan	幫忙
	Malaysia	幫忙
	Singapore	幫忙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	幫忙
	Wanrong	幫忙
	Xi'an	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	幫手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幫手
	Hong Kong	幫手
	Macau	幫手
	Taishan	幫手
	Yangjiang	幫手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幫手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幫手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	幫手
Gan	Nanchang	幫忙
Gan	Lichuan	幫忙
Hakka	Meixian	𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
	Xingning	𢯭手
	Huidong (Daling)	𢯭手
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𢯭手
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𢯭手
	Changting	𢯭手
	Wuping	幹𢯭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𢯭手
	Liancheng	𢯭手
	Ruijin	𢯭手
	Shicheng	幫手
	Shangyou (Shexi)	幫手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𢯭手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𢯭手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬥相共, 𢯭手
Huizhou	Jixi	幫忙
Jin	Taiyuan	打幫, 相幫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幫襯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對手
Eastern Min	Matsu	對手
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Quanzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
	Zhangzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Zhao'an	幫忙
	Taipei	鬥相共
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鬥相共
	Kaohsiung	鬥跤手
	Yilan	鬥相共
	Changhua (Lukang)	鬥相共
	Taichung	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taichung (Wuqi)	幫助
	Tainan	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taitung	鬥跤手
	Hsinchu	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Kinmen	鬥相共
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈
	Chaozhou	相輔
	Shantou	相輔, 幫忙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相輔
	Jieyang	相輔
	Singapore (Teochew)	相輔
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相輔
	Leizhou	幫跤接手
	Haikou	幫跤手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	幫跤手, 幫忙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幫手
Wu	Shanghai	幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
Xiang	Loudi	幫忙

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佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
助 (zhù)
助力 (zhùlì)
助理 (zhùlǐ)
助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
協助／协助 (xiézhù)
參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
幫／帮 (bāng)
幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
幫手／帮手 (bong¹ sau²) (Cantonese)
幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
扶
扶助 (fúzhù)
扶持 (fúchí)
扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
拉巴 (dialectal)
挺 (tǐng)
援助 (yuánzhù)
𢯭手 (Hakka)
支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
支持 (zhīchí)
支援 (zhīyuán)
救 (jiù)
相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
相輔／相辅 (Teochew)
翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
補益／补益 (bǔyì)
補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

幫倒忙／帮倒忙 (bāng dào máng)