# 幫助
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bāngzhù
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ ㄓㄨˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бонцу (boncu, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bong$^1$ zo$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pông-chhu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bong$^1$ ci$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bŏng-câe̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pang-chō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^1$ zo$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$paon-zu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāngzhù → bāngzhu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ㄓㄨˋ → ㄅㄤ ˙ㄓㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bangjhů
*** Wade–Giles: pang$^1$-chu$^5$
*** Yale: bāng-ju
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.juh
*** Palladius: банчжу (bančžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ → /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥u²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бонцу (boncu, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ²⁴ t͡sʰou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bong$^1$ zo$^6$
*** Yale: bōng joh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bong$^1$ dzo$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bong$^1$ zo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông-chhu
*** Hakka Romanization System: bong$^ˊ$ cu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bong$^1$ cu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bong$^1$ ci$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏng-câe̤
*** Sinological IPA : /pouŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒɔ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang-chō͘
*** Tâi-lô: pang-tsōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pangzo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bang$^1$ zo$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang tsŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ³³⁻²³ t͡so³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$paon-zu
*** MiniDict: paon$^平$ zu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$paan-zu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵⁵ zu²¹/

### Verb

幫助
* to help; to aid; to assist
    儘全力幫助某人／尽全力帮助某人 ― jǐn quánlì bāngzhù mǒurén ― to do all one can to help someone
       Wǒmen dàjiā bùyào zìgùzì, yào hùxiāng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]
       We shouldn't just care about our own business. We should help each other.
       Yìyòngquǎn néng bāngzhù nónggōng qūgǎn shēngchù dào tāmen xūyào tāmen de fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]
       Working dogs help ranchers to drive animals where they want them to go.
       Jìrán yǐjīng bāngzhù tā le, jiù suǒxìng bāng dàodǐ. [Pinyin]
       Since we've already helped him out, we might as well help until the job is done.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 幫忙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 幫忙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 幫忙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 幫忙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 幫忙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 幫忙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 幫忙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 幫忙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 幫忙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幫手 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 幹𢯭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 幫手 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 幫手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𢯭手 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 幫忙 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 幫助 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鬥跤手, 幫忙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鬥相共, 鬥, 幫助, 幫贈 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 相輔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相輔, 幫忙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 相輔 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 相輔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 相輔 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 相輔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 幫跤接手 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幫跤手 |
| Southern Min | 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 |
* 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)
* 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
* 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
* 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
* 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
* 幫手／帮手 (bong$^1$ sau$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 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)

#### Antonyms

* 妨礙／妨碍 (fáng'ài)
* 干擾 (gānrǎo)
* 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
* 阻礙／阻碍 (zǔ'ài)

#### Derived terms

* 互助 (hùzhù)
* 有幫助／有帮助 (yǒubāngzhù)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 幇助(ほうじょ) (hōjo)
* → Korean: 방조(幇助) (bangjo)
* → Vietnamese: bang trợ (幫助)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 幫 | 助 |
| ほう Hyōgai | じょ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

幫(ほう)助(じょ) • (hōjo)
* Kyūjitai form of 幇助 (“assistance”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 幫 | 助 |

### Noun

幫助 • (bangjo) (hangeul 방조)
* hanja form of 방조 (“aiding and abetting”)