帮忙 bāngmáng to help
How to remember 帮忙: 帮 help + 忙 busy = to help.
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How it is used
- To help out / do a favor - 你能帮个忙吗？ (nǐ néng bāng ge máng ma) can you do me a favor?
- Verb-object compound, so it splits and can't take a direct object: say 帮我的忙 (bāng wǒ de máng) help me, not 帮忙我.
- When you need an object, use 帮助 (bāngzhù) or plain 帮: 帮助我 / 帮我.
Example sentences
- 他们不帮忙。 Tāmen bù bāngmáng.They don't help.
- 要我帮忙吗？ Yào wǒ bāngmáng ma?Do you want me to help?
- 大家自动来帮忙。 Dàjiā zìdòng lái bāngmáng.Everybody voluntarily came to help.