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帮忙bāng mángto help

HSK 2word

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帮忙 (bāng máng) means "to help" or "to do a favor." It appears in 你能帮忙吗? (Can you help?) and 朋友请我帮忙。 (A friend asked me to do a favor.) In the dialogue, A says they are moving tomorrow, and B asks 要我帮忙吗? (Do you want me to help?) A then says 好,谢谢你帮忙! (OK, thanks for helping!)

What does 帮忙 mean?

  1. 1.

    to helpverb

  2. 2.

    to do a favorverb

What do the characters in 帮忙 mean?

  • 帮to help
  • 忙not compositional here

How do you use 帮忙?

See it in 能帮忙吗 and 帮个忙

What are some examples of 帮忙 in a sentence?

  1. 你能帮忙吗?

    Nǐ néng bāngmáng ma?

    Can you help?

  2. 朋友请我帮忙。

    Péngyou qǐng wǒ bāngmáng.

    A friend asked me to do a favor.

How is 帮忙 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    我明天搬家。

    Wǒ míngtiān bānjiā.

    I'm moving tomorrow.

  2. Speaker B:

    要我帮忙吗?

    Yào wǒ bāngmáng ma?

    Do you want me to help?

  3. Speaker A:

    好,谢谢你帮忙!

    Hǎo, xièxie nǐ bāngmáng!

    OK, thanks for helping!

  4. Speaker B:

    我明天去你家。

    Wǒ míngtiān qù nǐ jiā.

    I'll come to your place tomorrow.

Can you use 帮忙 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank (help): 你能___吗? (Can you help?)
  2. 2.What does 朋友请我帮忙。 mean?
  3. 3.What does 要我帮忙吗? mean?

What should you learn next?

English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.