帮忙

• 拼音: bāng máng
• 汉字拆解: 帮 (help) + 忙 (busy) — lending a hand with tasks

含义

To help out; to lend a hand. A verb-object compound meaning to assist with tasks.

A separable verb-object compound (离合词). Unlike 帮, it cannot directly take another verb after it. To say 'help me buy something', use 帮我买 (not 帮忙买我). 帮忙 is often used as a general request for help without specifying the task.

例句

1. 谢谢你帮忙！
2. 你能来帮忙吗？
3. 他常常帮忙做饭。

用法指南

语境: everyday, request

语气: friendly

正确说法

• 请你帮帮忙。(Please give me a hand.)
• 谢谢你的帮忙。(Thanks for your help.)

错误说法

• 帮忙我做作业 (Wrong word order — say 帮我做作业 instead; 帮忙 cannot directly take a person as object)

起源与历史

Compound of 帮 (help) and 忙 (busy) — helping someone who is busy, or helping out with busy work. The two characters together form a common verb-object phrase.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal