帮
幇bāng
#768 most
frequent character
help
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
帮 pairs 巾, a cloth piece, with 邦 bāng, whose sound is the same, and first meant a shoe's outer rim. The common meaning 'to help' was borrowed for its sound alone, with no link to the shape. From 'help' came the noun for a band of people helping one another.
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Example Sentences
我可以帮你吗？
wǒ kěyǐ bāng nǐ ma ？
Can I help you?
请帮我拿那本书。
qǐng bāng wǒ ná nàběnshū 。
Please help me get that book.
他很乐意帮忙。
tā hěn lèyì bāngmáng 。
He is very willing to help.
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