幫

See also: 帮 and 幇

幫	U+5E6B, 幫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E6B

← 幪
[U+5E6A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

幬 →
[U+5E6C]

Translingual

Traditional	幫
Shinjitai	幇
Simplified	帮

Han character

幫 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱封帛)

References

KangXi: page 337, character 23

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9125

Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 28

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 756, character 15

Unihan data for U+5E6B

Chinese

trad.		幫
simp.		帮
2nd round simp.		邦
alternative forms		幇幚鞤縍／𫄰䩷幇幚鞤縍／𫄰䩷㿶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (封) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
幫	*paːŋ
鞤	*paːŋ
封	poŋ, poŋs
葑	poŋ, poŋs
犎	*poŋ
崶	*poŋ
湗	*poŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paːŋ) : phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bāng (bang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ

(Chengdu, SP): bang¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бон (bon, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bong¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bong¹, bong^1*
Gan (Wiktionary): bong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pông

(Meixian, Guangdong): bong¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bon¹
Min Bei (KCR): bó̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): bŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pang / pong / png

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹paan
Xiang (Wiktionary): ban¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bang
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹
  - Yale: bāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
  - Palladius: бан (ban)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бон (bon, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bong¹
  - Yale: bōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bong¹, bong^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ³³/, /pɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/

Note: bong1* - “group, gang”.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông
  - Hakka Romanization System: bong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pɔŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
  - Tâi-lô: pang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /paŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pong
  - Tâi-lô: pong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: png
  - Tâi-lô: png
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pŋ̍⁴⁴/

Note:

pang, pong - literary;
png - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹paan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑ̃⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ban¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan³³/

Middle Chinese: /pɑŋ/

Rime
Character	幫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博旁切
Baxter	pang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paŋ/
Li Rong	/pɑŋ/
Wang Li	/pɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*paːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幫
Reading #	1/1
No.	3251
Phonetic component	封
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	幫
Old Chinese	/*paːŋ/
Notes	段玉裁雲源自䋽

Definitions

幫

the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
船幫／船帮 ― chuánbāng ― shipboard
to help; to assist; to aid
group; gang
福建幫／福建帮 [Cantonese] ― fuk¹ gin³ bong¹ [Jyutping] ― Fujian gang
(dialectal) for
幫我買件衫／帮我买件衫 [Cantonese] ― bong¹ ngo⁵ maai⁵ gin⁶ saam¹ [Jyutping] ― buy a shirt for me
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pɑŋ)
Classifier for groups of people.
(Min Nan) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
Synonym: 班 (bān)

Synonyms

(to help):

edit

Synonyms of 幫

佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
助 (zhù)
助力 (zhùlì)
助理 (zhùlǐ)
助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
增援 (zēngyuán) (to provide reinforcements)
扶 (fú)
扶助 (fúzhù)
扶持 (fúchí)
扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
拉巴 (lāba) (dialectal)
援助 (yuánzhù)
支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
支持 (zhīchí)
支援 (zhīyuán)

救 (jiù)
翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
𢯭手 (Hakka)
使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
協助／协助 (xiézhù)
參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
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)
幫手 (Cantonese)
幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)

幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫贈／帮赠 (Min Nan)
相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
聲援／声援 (shēngyuán) (to express support for)
補益／补益 (bǔyì)
補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
贈力／赠力 (Min Nan)
贈助／赠助 (Min Nan)
贈手／赠手 (Min Nan)
贊喙／赞喙 (Min Nan, to express support for)
贊聲／赞声 (Min Nan, to express support for)
輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
鬥相共／斗相共 (Min Nan)
鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Min Nan)
鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Min Nan)

(for):

Dialectal synonyms of 替 (“for”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		替, 為
Mandarin	Beijing	給, 替
	Taiwan	給, 替
	Jinan	給, 替
	Xi'an	替, 給
	Wuhan	跟, 幫
	Chengdu	幫, 給, 跟
	Yangzhou	代, 替
	Hefei	代, 幫
	Singapore	替
Cantonese	Guangzhou	同, 幫
	Hong Kong	同, 幫
	Yangjiang	替, 幐
Gan	Nanchang	跟, 幫
Hakka	Meixian	同, 代
Jin	Taiyuan	替, 給
Min Bei	Jian'ou	替, 幫
Min Dong	Fuzhou	替, 共
Min Nan	Xiamen	替, 共
	Quanzhou	共
	Zhangzhou	共
	Tainan	替, 共
	Singapore (Hokkien)	替, 共
	Chaozhou	代, 個
Wu	Suzhou	替, 搭
Wu	Wenzhou	代
Xiang	Changsha	幫, 跟, 代
Xiang	Shuangfeng	幫

Compounds

Derived terms from 幫

一幫／一帮
不幫襯／不帮衬
丐幫／丐帮 (gàibāng)
告幫／告帮
單幫／单帮 (dānbāng)
四人幫／四人帮 (sìrénbāng)
在幫／在帮
大力幫忙／大力帮忙
大幫／大帮
客幫／客帮
幫丁／帮丁
幫亂／帮乱
幫伙／帮伙 (bānghuǒ)
幫住／帮住
幫個場子／帮个场子
幫倒忙／帮倒忙 (bāng dào máng)
幫傭／帮佣 (bāngyōng)
幫兒／帮儿
幫冬／帮冬
幫凶／帮凶
幫別／帮别
幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
幫匪／帮匪
幫口／帮口
幫嘴／帮嘴
幫夥／帮伙

幫套／帮套 (bāngtào)
幫子／帮子 (bāngzi)
幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
幫工／帮工 (bānggōng)
幫帖／帮帖
幫廚／帮厨 (bāngchú)
幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
幫懶鑽閑／帮懒钻闲
幫手／帮手 (bāngshǒu)
幫教／帮教 (bāngjiào)
幫會／帮会 (bānghuì)
幫派／帮派 (bāngpài)
幫浦／帮浦 (bāngpǔ)
幫湊／帮凑 (bāngcòu)
幫狗吃食／帮狗吃食
幫班／帮班
幫腔／帮腔 (bāngqiāng)
幫興／帮兴
幫虎吃食／帮虎吃食
幫補／帮补 (bāngbǔ)
幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫貧／帮贫 (bāngpín)
幫辦／帮办 (bāngbàn)
幫門戶／帮门户
幫閑／帮闲

幫閑鑽懶／帮闲钻懒
廝幫／厮帮
廣府幫／广府帮
拉幫／拉帮
搭幫／搭帮
撂地幫／撂地帮
洪幫／洪帮 (Hóngbāng)
清幫／清帮
牙幫骨／牙帮骨
相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng)
穿幫／穿帮 (chuānbāng)
紅幫／红帮 (Hóngbāng)
腮幫子／腮帮子 (sāibāngzi)
船幫／船帮 (chuánbāng)
落地幫／落地帮
行幫／行帮 (hángbāng)
訪山幫／访山帮
走單幫／走单帮
跑單幫／跑单帮 (pǎodānbāng)
鑽懶幫閑／钻懒帮闲
開幫／开帮
青幫／青帮 (Qīngbāng)
鞋幫／鞋帮 (xiébāng)
馬幫／马帮
黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng)

References

“幫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Entry #12170”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

幫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 幇)

Kyūjitai form of 幇

Readings

On (unclassified): ほう (hō)

Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 幫ける)

Usage notes

This character form is rarely used in Japan. See 幇 instead.

Korean

Hanja

幫 (eumhun 도울 방 (doul bang))

Hanja form^? of 방 (“help”).

Vietnamese

Han character

幫: Hán Nôm readings: bang

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.