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(bāng zhù) - to help, to assist; help, assistance in Mandarin

bāngzhù

Traditional: 幫助

Line drawing of 帮助
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HSK 3
#374 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to help, to assist; help, assistance

Word origin

A two-character word: 帮 'to help' (cloth radical 巾 + 邦 bāng phonetic) plus 助 'to assist' (the strength radical 力 with 且 qiě as phonetic). Together 帮助 means to help or assist.

Origin
compound
Root
帮 (help) + 助 (力 strength + 且 qiě phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 帮

Stroke order for 助

Examples

Thank you for your help.

Do you need help?

We should help one another.

The teacher has helped many students.

Thank you for your help.

帮助 (bāng zhù) - to help, to assist; help, assistance.

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This word is part of lesson 8.