帮忙
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
帮忙 (bāngmáng) · to help
帮忙 (bāngmáng) means “to help; to do a favor”. It is written with 2 characters: 帮 (to help) + 忙 (busy). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 帮忙 is built
The characters
帮 bāng · to help
What 帮 is made of
- 邦bāng — country
- 丰fēng — abundant
- 三sān — three
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丰fēng — abundant
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A nation's 邦 flag 巾; 邦 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
忙 máng · busy
What 忙 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亡wáng — death
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: A heart 忄 faced with death 亡; 亡 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
谢谢你帮忙。Xièxie nǐ bāngmáng.Thanks for your help.
你能来帮忙吗？Nǐ néng lái bāngmáng ma?Can you come and help?
Questions about 帮忙
What does 帮忙 mean?
帮忙 (bāngmáng) means “to help; to do a favor”.
How do you pronounce 帮忙?
帮忙 is pronounced bāngmáng.
Which HSK level is 帮忙?
帮忙 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 帮助bāngzhùto help
- 帮bāngto help
- 连忙liánmánghurriedly
- 急忙jímángin a hurry
- 匆忙cōngmánghurried
- 繁忙fánmángbusy
- 忙碌mánglùbusy
- 忙mángbusy
Learn 帮忙 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.