bāng

old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]

to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society

nation (邦) + cloth band (巾) = bind together and help

邦 means a nation or community bound together, and 巾 is a cloth or band. To help is to wrap others in support, like a cloth binding a community together.

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我把箱子搬进来了。

tā bāng wǒ bǎ xiāng zi bān jìn lái le。

He helped me move the box inside.

你能我看一下这份合同吗?

nǐ néng bāng wǒ kàn yī xià zhè fèn hé tong ma?

Can you help me look over this contract?

Words with 帮

青红帮

qīng hóng bāng

traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons

马帮

mǎ bāng

caravan of horses carrying goods

高帮

gāo bāng

high-top (shoes)

黑帮

hēi bāng

bunch of gangsters

丐帮

gài bāng

beggars' union

中帮

zhōng bāng

mid-top (shoes)

低帮

dī bāng

low-top (shoes)

传帮带

chuán bāng dài

to pass on experience (to the next generation)

鞋帮

xié bāng

uppers of a shoe

匪帮

fěi bāng

gang of bandits

四人帮

sì rén bāng

Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution

帮倒忙

bāng dào máng

to be more of a hindrance than a help

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