请帮我
qǐng bāng wǒ
Help me please · trad. 請幫我
请帮我 (qǐng bāng wǒ) is a direct and polite way to ask for help in Mandarin Chinese. It's suitable for most situations when you need assistance from someone.
When to use it
Polite and neutral. The '请' (qǐng) adds politeness, meaning 'please'. For a slightly less formal or more urgent request, you can drop '请' and just say 帮我 (bāng wǒ), 'help me'. To be extra polite, especially to an elder or superior, you can use 您 (nín) instead of 我 (wǒ) or add it before 帮: 请您帮我. When someone asks for help, common replies include 好的 (hǎo de, 'okay') or 没问题 (méi wèntí, 'no problem').
How to pronounce it
Sounds like “ching-BAHNG-woh.” The '请' is a third tone, '帮' is a first tone, and '我' is a third tone. The tones are pronounced distinctly without sandhi.
Other ways to say it
- 帮我bāng wǒhelp me (more direct / less formal)
- 请帮忙qǐng bāng mángplease help (general request for a favor)
- 请您帮我qǐng nín bāng wǒplease help me (more polite / formal)
Examples
我迷路了，请帮我。
wǒ mí lù le ， qǐng bāng wǒ 。
I'm lost, please help me.
请帮我拿一下那个包。
qǐng bāng wǒ ná yí xià nà ge bāo 。
Please help me get that bag.
我需要一些建议，请帮我。
wǒ xū yào yì xiē jiàn yì ， qǐng bāng wǒ 。
I need some advice, please help me.
Pro tip: While both 帮 (bāng) and 帮忙 (bāng máng) mean 'to help', 帮 is a verb that can directly take an object (like 我, 'me'), as in 请帮我. 帮忙 is a verb-object phrase meaning 'to help a favor', so you'd say 请帮忙 (please help), not 请帮忙我.
Related phrases
和平 · Peace钱 · Money闭嘴 · Shut up
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