帮

bāng

old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]

to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society

nation (邦) + cloth band (巾) = bind together and help

邦 means a nation or community bound together, and 巾 is a cloth or band. To help is to wrap others in support, like a cloth binding a community together.

邦+巾→帮
巾ClothSemantic
邦NationSemantic

他帮我把箱子搬进来了。

tā bāng wǒ bǎ xiāng zi bān jìn lái le。

He helped me move the box inside.

你能帮我看一下这份合同吗?

nǐ néng bāng wǒ kàn yī xià zhè fèn hé tong ma?

Can you help me look over this contract?

Words with 帮

帮凶

bāng xiōng

variant of 幫凶|帮凶[bang1 xiong1]

帮办

bāng bàn

assist in managing

穿帮

chuān bāng

continuity error

青红帮

qīng hóng bāng

traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons

马帮

mǎ bāng

caravan of horses carrying goods

高帮

gāo bāng

high-top (shoes)

黑帮

hēi bāng

bunch of gangsters

丐帮

gài bāng

beggars' union

中帮

zhōng bāng

mid-top (shoes)

低帮

dī bāng

low-top (shoes)

传帮带

chuán bāng dài

to pass on experience (to the next generation)

鞋帮

xié bāng

uppers of a shoe

More characters with 邦

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