语法 · HSK 2–3
帮助 (bāngzhù) vs 帮忙 (bāngmáng): how to say "help"
帮助 (and 帮) is a normal verb that can take a person right after it: 谢谢你帮助我 "Thank you for helping me". 帮忙 is a separable verb (帮 + 忙 "help with a busy matter"): 忙 is already the object, so you CANNOT put a person after 帮忙. Say 请你帮帮我 or 请你帮我一个忙, never 请你帮忙我.
句型Patterns
帮(助) + Person (+ Verb)Takes an object: 他常帮我学中文.Subject + 帮忙（no object after）Stands alone: 谢谢你来帮忙.帮 + Person + 的 + 忙 / 帮 + Person + 一个忙Split 帮 and 忙: 你能帮我一个忙吗？
例句Examples
- 非常感谢你这几天的帮助。fēi cháng gǎn xiè nǐ zhè jǐ tiān de bāng zhù.Thank you very much for your help over the past few days.
- 你明天有空来帮忙吗？nǐ míng tiān yǒu kōng lái bāng máng ma?Are you free to come and help tomorrow?
- 请问，你能帮我一个忙吗？qǐng wèn, nǐ néng bāng wǒ yí gè máng ma?Excuse me, could you do me a favour?
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗请你帮忙我一下。
✓请你帮我一下。 / 请你帮我一个忙。
帮忙 is a verb-object compound (帮+忙) and cannot take another object after it.
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✗他常常帮忙别人。
✓他常常帮助别人。
Before a person object (别人), use 帮助 or 帮.
重点词语Words in this guide
Common questions
What other verbs work like 帮忙?
见面 (见他一面, not 见面他), 结婚 (跟他结婚, not 结婚他), 生气 (生他的气) and 睡觉 (睡了八个小时的觉) are all separable verb-object words.