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"Help!" in Hindi: बचाओ!

बचाओ!bachaao!

Say it: ba-CHAA-ointerjection/bətʃɑːoː/

The emergency cry Help! is बचाओ! (bachaao!). Yell बचाओ! in a crowd; quieter asks use मदद, which is not this interjection.

Crowded market

बचाओ! मेरा बैग छीन लिया!

bachaao! mera bag chheen liya!

Help! Someone snatched my bag!
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How to pronounce बचाओ!

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ba-CHAA-o

/bətʃɑːoː/

Bachaao: ba-CHAA-o, long middle aa, urgent tone. Often shouted twice: बचाओ बचाओ!

"Help!" in Hindi: quick reference

HindiEnglish
बचाओ!bachaao!Help!

Default emergency shout.

बचाओ बचाओ!bachaao bachaao!Help! Help!

Louder call for a crowd.

कोई बचाओ!koi bachaao!Someone help!

Street or building.

मुझे बचाओ!mujhe bachaao!Save me! / Help me!

Personal danger.

How to use बचाओ! in real life

  1. 1Crowded market

    बचाओ! मेरा बैग छीन लिया!

    bachaao! mera bag chheen liya!

    Help! Someone snatched my bag!

    Theft shout.

  2. 2Poolside

    बच्चा डूब रहा है, बचाओ!

    bachcha doob raha hai, bachaao!

    The child is drowning — help!

    Urgent.

  3. 3Night street

    कोई बचाओ, मुझे फ़ॉलो कर रहा है!

    koi bachaao, mujhe follow kar raha hai!

    Someone help — someone is following me!

    Safety.

Mistakes English speakers make with बचाओ!

Incorrect: Using only बचाना infinitive as the shout

Correct: Shout बचाओ!

The interjection is बचाओ, not only बचाना.

Incorrect: Saying मदद कीजिए when you mean a panic cry

Correct: Use बचाओ! for danger; मदद for polite asks

Different pages and tones.

Good to know

बचाओ! cuts through noise at stations and markets. Bystanders often reply क्या हुआ? before helping. For bags and forms, switch to मदद करना — this page is the alarm word.

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Someone slips near a busy crossing

  1. ChatPal

    वहाँ आवाज़ आईबचाओ!

    vahaan aavaaz aayi — bachaao!

    I heard a shout there — Help!

  2. You

    मैं भी सुन रहा हूँ, बचाओ कह रहे हैं

    main bhi sun raha hoon, bachaao keh rahe hain.

    I hear it too — they're saying Help!

  3. ChatPal

    चलिए तेज़ी से, कोई गिर गया होगा

    chaliye tezi se, koi gir gaya hoga.

    Let's hurry — someone may have fallen.

  4. You

    हाँ, पास जाकर पूछते हैं कि बचाओ किसने कहा

    haan, paas jaakar poochhte hain ki bachaao kisne kaha.

    Yes — let's go closer and ask who shouted Help.

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Common questions about "Help!" in Hindi

How do you shout Help! in Hindi?

बचाओ! (bachaao!).

Is मदद the same?

No — मदद is polite help; this page is the cry बचाओ!

Louder?

बचाओ बचाओ!

Save me?

मुझे बचाओ!

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