English–Chinese

“help” in Chinese

Chinese

Also帮助 (bāng zhù) · 帮忙 (bāng máng) · 协助 (xié zhù) · 援助 (yuán zhù) · 救命 (jiù mìng)

Pronunciation

Pinyinbāng

Example

你可以帮我吗?nǐ ké yǐ bāng wǒ ma

Can you help me?

Illustration for 帮 (help)

How to say “help” in Chinese

“Help” in Chinese is 帮 (bāng).

Making another person's task easier by joining in, providing something useful, or backing the effort.

Full entry for 帮: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with 帮

谢谢你帮我。xiè xiè nǐ bāng wǒ

Thank you for helping me.

Tips for using 帮

  • When a person follows this verb, that person is often the one getting help, not the helper, which provides a useful role clue when reading.

Other Chinese words for “help”

我可以帮助你吗?wǒ ké yǐ bāng zhù nǐ ma

Can I help you?

你能帮忙把箱子搬上楼吗?nǐ néng bāng máng bǎ xiāng zi bān shàng lóu ma

Can you help carry the box upstairs?

你能协助我搬家吗?nǐ néng xié zhù wǒ bān jiā ma

Can you help me move house?

他主动援助了生病的同学。tā zhǔ dòng yuán zhù le shēng bìng de tóng xué

He voluntarily helped his sick classmate.

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救命

jiù mìng

interjectionhelp

救命!请帮帮我。jiù mìng qǐng bāng bāng wǒ

Help! Please help me.

失业后,他的朋友常常接济他。shī yè hòu tā de péng yǒu cháng cháng jiē jì tā

After losing his job, his friends often helped him out.

我可以辅助你吗?wǒ ké yǐ fǔ zhù nǐ ma

Can I help you?

这本书有助于提高我的汉语水平。zhè běn shū yǒu zhù yú tí gāo wǒ de hàn yǔ shuǐ píng

This book helps improve my Chinese.

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