幫手

See also: 帮手

Chinese

		to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (幫手)		幫	手
simp. (帮手)		帮	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāngshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bong¹ sau²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bong¹ siu²
Gan (Wiktionary): bong¹ siiu
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bong¹ su³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pang-chhiú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹paon-seu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāngshǒu → bāngshou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤㄕㄡˇ → ㄅㄤ ˙ㄕㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bangsho̊u
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹-shou⁵
  - Yale: bāng-shou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.shoou
  - Palladius: баншоу (banšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bong¹ sau²
  - Yale: bōng sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bong¹ siu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ³³ siu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bong¹ siiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁴² sɨu²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bong¹ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: pang-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹paon-seu
  - MiniDict: paon^平 seu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹paan-seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵⁵ sɤ²¹/

Noun

幫手

assistant; helper

Synonyms

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二把手 (èrbǎshǒu)
副手 (fùshǒu)
助手 (zhùshǒu)
助理 (zhùlǐ)
幫工 / 帮工 (bānggōng)
替手 (⁵thi-seu) (Wu)
臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
鬥手 / 斗手 (Xiamen Hokkien)

Verb

幫手

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) to help
如果你想幫手，就去洗碗啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
如果你想帮手，就去洗碗啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
jyu⁴ gwo² nei⁵ soeng² bong¹ sau², zau⁶ heoi³ sai² wun² laa¹. [Jyutping]
If you want to help, then go wash the dishes.

Synonyms

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佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
使勁 / 使劲 (shǐjìn)
加勢 / 加势 (jiāshì)
助 (zhù)
助力 (zhùlì)
助理 (zhùlǐ)
助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
協助 / 协助 (xiézhù)
參佐 / 参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
幫 / 帮 (bāng)
幫助 / 帮助 (bāngzhù)
幫同 / 帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
幫寸 / 帮寸 (bāngcùn)
幫帶 / 帮带 (bāngdài)
幫忙 / 帮忙 (bāngmáng)
幫扶 / 帮扶 (bāngfú)
幫襯 / 帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫贈 / 帮赠 (Hokkien)
扶
扶助 (fúzhù)
扶持 (fúchí)
扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
拉巴 (dialectal)
挺 (tǐng)
援助 (yuánzhù)
𢯭手 (Hakka)
支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
支持 (zhīchí)
支援 (zhīyuán)
救 (jiù)
相幫 / 相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
相輔 / 相辅 (Teochew)
翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
聲援 / 声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
補益 / 补益 (bǔyì)
補臺 / 补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
贈力 / 赠力 (Hokkien)
贈助 / 赠助 (Hokkien)
贊喙 / 赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
贈手 / 赠手 (Hokkien)
贊聲 / 赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
輔助 / 辅助 (fǔzhù)
陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
鬥幫贈 / 斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
鬥相共 / 斗相共 (Hokkien)
鬥跤手 / 斗跤手 (Hokkien)
鬥跤搭 / 斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幫忙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	幫忙兒
	Taiwan	幫忙
	Malaysia	幫忙
	Singapore	幫忙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	幫忙
	Wanrong	幫忙
	Xi'an	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	幫忙
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	幫手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幫手
	Hong Kong	幫手
	Macau	幫手
	Taishan	幫手
	Yangjiang	幫手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幫手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幫手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	幫手
Gan	Nanchang	幫忙
Gan	Lichuan	幫忙
Hakka	Meixian	𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
	Xingning	𢯭手
	Huidong (Daling)	𢯭手
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𢯭手
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𢯭手
	Changting	𢯭手
	Wuping	幹𢯭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𢯭手
	Liancheng	𢯭手
	Ruijin	𢯭手
	Shicheng	幫手
	Shangyou (Shexi)	幫手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𢯭手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𢯭手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬥相共, 𢯭手
Huizhou	Jixi	幫忙
Jin	Taiyuan	打幫, 相幫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幫襯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對手
Eastern Min	Matsu	對手
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Quanzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
	Zhangzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Zhao'an	幫忙
	Taipei	鬥相共
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鬥相共
	Kaohsiung	鬥跤手
	Yilan	鬥相共
	Changhua (Lukang)	鬥相共
	Taichung	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taichung (Wuqi)	幫助
	Tainan	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taitung	鬥跤手
	Hsinchu	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Kinmen	鬥相共
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈
	Chaozhou	相輔
	Shantou	相輔, 幫忙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相輔
	Jieyang	相輔
	Singapore (Teochew)	相輔
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相輔
	Leizhou	幫跤接手
	Haikou	幫跤手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	幫跤手, 幫忙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幫手
Wu	Shanghai	幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
Xiang	Loudi	幫忙