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    Chinese Grammar

    Expressing 'to help' with 帮忙 (bāngmáng)

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    Structure

    给 + Person + 帮忙 + Verb

    Explanation

    The verb 帮忙 (bāngmáng) means "to help" or "to lend a hand," expressing the act of assisting someone with a task. Unlike 帮助, which takes a direct object, 帮忙 is a verb-object compound and does not directly take another object — instead, the task being helped with is described separately. It is very common in everyday spoken Chinese.

    Examples

    • 你能帮忙把这个箱子搬到楼上吗？

      nǐ néng bāngmáng bǎ zhège xiāngzi bān dào lóushàng ma?

      Can you help move this box upstairs?

    • 谢谢你昨天帮忙，事情办得很顺利。

      xièxie nǐ zuótiān bāngmáng, shìqing bàn de hěn shùnlì.

      Thank you for your help yesterday, everything went smoothly.

    • 我一个人忙不过来，谁能来帮忙？

      wǒ yí gè rén máng bú guòlái, shéi néng lái bāngmáng?

      I can't manage by myself, can someone come help?

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