幫助

See also: 帮助, and 幇助

Chinese

	to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	to help; to assist
trad. (幫助)	幫	助
simp. (帮助)	帮	助
2nd round simp.	邦助
alternative forms	幇助

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bāngzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤㄓㄨˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бонцу (boncu, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ zo⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pông-chhu

(Meixian, Guangdong): bong¹ ci⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): bŏng-câe̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pang-chō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹ zo⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹paon-zu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāngzhù → bāngzhu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤㄓㄨˋ → ㄅㄤ ˙ㄓㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bangjhů
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹-chu⁵
  - Yale: bāng-ju
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.juh
  - Palladius: банчжу (bančžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ → /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥u²/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бонцу (boncu, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ²⁴ t͡sʰou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bong¹ zo⁶
  - Yale: bōng joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bong^ˊ cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bong¹ cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bong¹ ci⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏng-câe̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pang-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangzo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang¹ zo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang tsŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³⁻²³ t͡so³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹paon-zu
  - MiniDict: paon^平 zu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹paan-zu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵⁵ zu²¹/

Verb

幫助

to help; to aid; to assist
儘全力幫助某人／尽全力帮助某人 ― jǐn quánlì bāngzhù mǒurén ― to do all one can to help someone

我們大家不要自顧自，要互相幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
我们大家不要自顾自，要互相帮助。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen dàjiā bùyào zìgùzì, yào hùxiāng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]
We shouldn't just care about our own business. We should help each other.

役用犬能幫助農工驅趕牲畜到他們需要它們的方向。 [MSC, trad.]
役用犬能帮助农工驱赶牲畜到他们需要它们的方向。 [MSC, simp.]
Yìyòngquǎn néng bāngzhù nónggōng qūgǎn shēngchù dào tāmen xūyào tāmen de fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]
Working dogs help ranchers to drive animals where they want them to go.

既然已經幫助他了，就索性幫到底。 [MSC, trad.]
既然已经帮助他了，就索性帮到底。 [MSC, simp.]
Jìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]
Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.

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)
幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
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)

Antonyms

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妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
干擾 (gānrǎo)
搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
阻礙／阻碍 (zǔ'ài)

Derived terms

互助 (hùzhù)
有幫助／有帮助 (yǒubāngzhù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (幫助):

→ Japanese: 幇助(ほうじょ) (hōjo)
→ Korean: 방조(幇助) (bangjo)
→ Vietnamese: bang trợ (幫助)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幫	助
ほう Hyōgai	じょ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

幫(ほう)助(じょ) • (hōjo)

Kyūjitai form of 幇助 (“assistance”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
幫	助

Noun

幫助 • (bangjo) (hangeul 방조)

hanja form^? of 방조 (“aiding and abetting”)

幫助

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