帮助/幫助 bāngzhù — to help, to assist

Meanings

1. 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. 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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