幫
简 帮 · 繁 幫Meanings
- 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
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- the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
- to help; to assist; to aid
- to speak in support of; to echo; to chime in with
- gang; faction; group
- (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
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to sublet; to sublease
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to expand; to enlarge; to extend
- (before certain monosyllabic adjectives) alternative form of 梆 (bāng, “very”)
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