帮忙 bāng máng
“to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor”
verb, verb / nounHSK 3 · 2021 list level 1Traditional 幫忙
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
帮忙 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 306: 帮忙 bāngmáng — Level 2; official annotation 2 (动). PDF page 87
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 帮忙
帮忙 means "to help out / lend a hand" and is used when someone gives assistance with a task. It is a separable verb-object word, so you often see it split as 帮…忙 (帮我一个忙, 帮了他的忙) or with 的 inside. It does not take the person helped as a direct object after it.
例句Example sentences
- 谢谢你帮忙。xiè xiè nǐ bāng máng.Thanks for your help.
- 我搬家的时候，朋友们都来帮忙。wǒ bān jiā de shí hou, péng you men dōu lái bāng máng.When I moved, my friends all came to help.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗你能帮忙我吗？
✓你能帮我吗？
帮忙 is a verb-object compound, so the person helped goes inside as 帮我的忙 or is expressed with plain 帮 + person, never after 帮忙.
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✗他帮忙了我很多。
✓他帮了我很多忙。
With 帮忙 the object 我 must come between 帮 and 忙, and 很多 modifies 忙.