HSK Guide

帮助幫助 bāngzhù — to help, to assist

bāngzhù (first tone, high and level)bang1zhu4

Traditional: 幫助

to help, to assist

HSK 2· HSK 1–4 (classic)verbnoun
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Meanings

  1. to help, to assist

    To help someone. The person helped comes straight after the verb with no preposition — 帮助我 — and what you help them do follows as a second verb: 帮助我学习汉语.

    verb

  2. help, assistance

    noun

Example sentences

  • 谢谢你帮助我。謝謝你幫助我。Xièxie (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) bāngzhù (first tone, high and level) wǒ. (third tone, dipping)···

    Thank you for helping me.

  • 老师帮助我学习汉语。老師幫助我學習漢語。Lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) bāngzhù (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) xuéxí (second tone, rising) Hànyǔ. (fourth tone, falling)···

    My teacher helps me learn Chinese.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我帮助给他。

    Correct我帮助他。

    帮助 already takes the person as its direct object, so no 给 is needed. Adding 给 copies the "help to someone" of other languages.

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