幫幫忙

Chinese

		to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	busy
trad. (幫幫忙)		幫	幫	忙
simp. (帮帮忙)		帮	帮	忙

Etymology

AAB-reduplication of 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāngbāngmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ bong¹ mong⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹paon-paon ⁶maon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāngbāngmáng → bāngbangmáng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊ → ㄅㄤ ˙ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bangbångmáng
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹-pang⁵-mang²
    • Yale: bāng-bang-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.bangmang
    • Palladius: банбанман (banbanman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/ → /pɑŋ⁵⁵ b̥ɑŋ² mɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāngbāngmángr → bāngbangmángr (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊㄦ → ㄅㄤ ˙ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊㄦ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bangbångmángr
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹-pang⁵-mang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bāng-bang-mángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.bangmangl
    • Palladius: банбанманр (banbanmanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑ̃ɻ³⁵/ → /pɑŋ⁵⁵ b̥ɑŋ² mɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹ bong¹ mong⁴
    • Yale: bōng bōng mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ bong¹ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ bong¹ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹paon-paon ⁶maon
    • MiniDict: paon^平 paon maon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹paan-paan ³maan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵⁵ pɑ̃³³  mɑ̃²³/

Interjection

幫幫忙

1. (sarcastic, colloquial) come on (i.e. “help me a little bit and stop doing or saying that”); please; give me a break