HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

帮忙

bāng máng

to help; to do a favor

Stroke order of 帮忙

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

帮 · 9 strokes 忙 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

A nation '邦' hands over cloth '巾' to a busy heart '忄' that's lost '亡' time — lending help.

Parts: 帮 help (邦 nation + 巾 cloth) + 忙 busy (忄 heart + 亡 lose)

The characters in 帮忙

帮 bāng — to help (9 strokes)
忙 máng — busy (6 strokes)

Example sentence

你能帮忙搬一下桌子吗？

Can you help move the table?

Words with 帮

帮to help 帮助to help; help

Words with 忙

忙busy 连忙promptly; hastily

More words: Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 看到to see 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 开to open; to drive 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 打开to open; to turn on 等to wait 帮to help

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