帮忙/帮助bāng máng&bāng zhù 帮忙/帮助 to give or lend a hand, to do a favor/ to help, to assist, to aid bāng máng&bāng zhù 这两个词都是动词，都表示用自己的力量援助别人。其不同之处在于： The two words, as verbs, both mean to give help or aid to somebody. Their differences are as follows： 一、“帮忙”多指在生活、工作中用人力相助，而“帮助”除了人力相助外，还可以有精神上或物质上的相助。 “帮忙” is more frequently used to refer to manual assist or favor given in life or at work, while "帮助" covers mental or material aid in addition to manual assist. Eg: 1.他搬家的时候，大家都来给他帮忙。（Everybody came and gave him a hand when he moved out.） tā bān jiā de shí hòu，dà jiā dōu lái gěi tā bāng máng 2.我们要帮助贫困学生/帮助学习上有困难的同学 （We need to help poor students/help students who have difficulty in learning） wǒ men yào bāng zhù pín kùn xué shēng /bāng zhù xué xí shàng yǒu kùn nán de tóng xué 二、“帮忙”后面不能有宾语，而“帮助”后面一般都可以带上宾语。“帮助”可以用作名词，“帮忙”则不可以。 "帮忙" is used without object but "帮助" is generally followed by object. “帮助” can be used as a not, but "帮忙" can't. 三. “帮忙”是离合词，可以说“帮帮忙/帮了我一个大忙/帮倒忙”，而“帮助”没有这种用法。 The two characters in the word "帮忙" can be separated and an additional word or phrase can be put between them, thus "帮忙" can be modified into forms such as “帮帮忙”， “帮了我一个大忙”，“帮倒忙(do a disservice)” and so on. But "帮助" has no usage like this. Now you try! :D Fill in the blanks with "帮助" or "帮忙". 1. 朋友有困难，当然应该_______他。（We, of course, should help friends who have difficulties.） péng yǒu yǒu kùn nán ，dāng rán yīng gāi _______tā 2. 刚才来______的人都是我的朋友。(Those people who helped me are all my friends.) gāng cái lái ______de rén dōu shì wǒ de péng yǒu 3. 在老师的_______下，我的汉语水平有了很大提高。(My Chinese had greatly improved with teacher's help.) zài lǎo shī de _______xià ，wǒ de hàn yǔ shuǐ píng yǒu le hěn dà tí gāo