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Translingual
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 Dictionary: 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
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): bong1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): bon1
- Northern Min (KCR): bó̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): bŏng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1paon
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban1
- (Hengyang, 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.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bong1
- Yale: bōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bong1
- Guangdong Romanization: bong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bong1 / bong1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔŋ³³/, /pɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: bong1* - “group, gang”.
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: bong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông
- Hakka Romanization System: bongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bong1
- Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: bon1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pouŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pn̂g
- Tâi-lô: pn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: pngg
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pn̄g
- Tâi-lô: pn̄g
- Phofsit Daibuun: png
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pong
- Tâi-lô: pong
- Phofsit Daibuun: pofng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ⁴⁴/
Note:
- pang - literary, to help (Mainland China), gang, classifier for group of people (Mainland China), classifier for scheduled transportation, classifier for batches;
- png/pn̂g/pn̄g - vernacular, to supplement, to participate in betting, to sublet, to expand;
- pong - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
- Sinological IPA (key): /paŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ban1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pan³³/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: ban1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pan⁴⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: pang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋ/
Definitions
幫
- the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
- to help; to assist; to aid
- gang; faction; group
- 福建幫／福建帮 [Cantonese] ― fuk1 gin3 bong1 [Jyutping] ― Fujian gang
- (informal, derogatory) Classifier for groups of people.
- (dialectal) for
- (Shanghainese) and; with
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pang)
- (Hokkien) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
- (Hokkien) Classifier for batches of letters, bulk deliveries, etc.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to supplement (on the side)
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to participate in or to depend partially or entirely on betting, contests, etc. for profit
- Synonym: 班 (bān)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to sublet; to sublease
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to expand; to enlarge; to extend
Synonyms
- (to help):
- 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 / 帮手 (bong1 sau2) (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)
- (for):
- (and):
- (to sublet): 分租
Compounds
- 一幫 / 一帮
- 丐幫 / 丐帮 (gàibāng)
- 不幫襯 / 不帮衬
- 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 (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 (bāngxiōng)
- 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–
- “幫”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese
Kanji
幫
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 幇)
Readings
Usage notes
This character form is rarely used in Japan. See 幇 instead.
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
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