Comparing "bang" and "bangzhu"

帮 (bāng) and 帮助 (bāngzhù) both are verbs that mean to help or to assist. 帮 (bāng) is used in informal settings or together with other action verbs, whereas 帮助 (bāngzhù) is used in informal or formal settings. While both words can often be used interchangeably, there are set patterns and phrases can only use 帮 (bāng) or 帮助 (bāngzhù).

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	帮 (bāng)	帮助 (bāngzhù)
Meaning	to help; for	to help; help
Part of Speech	verb	verb
Formality	informal	flexible

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Informally, 帮 (bāng) can mean "to help" as a verb

只有帮可以这么使用“帮一帮我”, “帮帮我“

• 我 今天 太 忙 了，你 可以 帮 我 一下 吗？Wǒ jīntiān tài máng le, nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ yīxià ma?I'm too busy today, can you help me out?
• 帮帮 我 吧！我 实在 没有 别的 办法 了。Bāngbāng wǒ ba! wǒ shízài méiyǒu biéde bànfǎ le.Help me out! There is really nothing else I can do.
• 帮帮 那个 孩子 吧！他 已经 两 天 没有 吃 东西 了。Bāngbāng nàge háizi ba! tā yǐjīng liǎng tiān méiyǒu chī dōngxi le.Help the boy! He hasn't eaten anything for two days.
• 请 你 帮 一 帮 我，否则 我 今天 就 来不及 完成 这个 工作 了。Qǐng nǐ bāng yī bāng wǒ, fǒuzé wǒ jīntiān jiù láibují wánchéng zhège gōngzuò le.Please give me a hand or I won't be able to finish this in time today.
• 谁 可以 帮帮 这个 老人？这个 老人 需要 马上 送 医院。Shéi kěyǐ bāngbāng zhège lǎorén? zhège lǎorén xūyào mǎshàng sòng yīyuàn.Who can help this old man? This old man needs to be taken to hospital immediately.

帮助 (bāngzhù) can mean both "to help" as a verb and "help" as a noun"

帮助的固定搭配“互相帮助”

帮 (bāng) can be used with action verbs

In this case, 帮 means something like "for." 帮助 is not used in this way.

我帮你拿。 我帮你下载新的软件。

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