Chinese symbol for “helper”
帮手
bāng shou
Traditional: 幫手
helper; assistant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for helper is 帮手 (bāng shou), defined as: helper; assistant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “helper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 助手 | zhù shǒu | assistant; helper |
| 手臂 | shǒu bì | arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 帮手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帮助 (幫助) | bāng zhù | assistance; aid; to help; to assist |
| 帮忙 (幫忙) | bāng máng | to help; to lend a hand |
| 黑帮 (黑幫) | hēi bāng | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang |
| 帮派 (幫派) | bāng pài | gang; faction |
| 帮会 (幫會) | bāng huì | secret society; underworld gang |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “helper”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.