wǒ bù xǐhuan biéren bāng wǒ zuò zuòyè.

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Breakdown of wǒ bù xǐhuan biéren bāng wǒ zuò zuòyè.

• 不bù: not
• 喜欢xǐhuan: to like
• 我wǒ: me

Questions & Answers about wǒ bù xǐhuan biéren bāng wǒ zuò zuòyè.

Why does the sentence use 不 (bù) instead of 没 / 没有 (méi / méiyǒu)?

不 is used to negate things that are:

• general facts or habits
• states, preferences, or attitudes
• future plans or intentions

喜欢 (xǐhuan) is a verb of preference, and in this sentence you are talking about a general dislike: “I don’t like (in general)”. So you use 不喜欢.

没 / 没有 is typically used to negate:

• completed actions or experiences: 我没做作业。 “I didn’t do my homework.”
• the verb 有: 我没有书。 “I don’t have a book.”

So:

• 我不喜欢别人帮我做作业。 = “I don’t like other people helping me with my homework.” (general attitude)
• 我没喜欢上这个游戏。 = “I didn’t come to like this game.” (a specific event/experience)

What exactly does 别人 (biéren) mean here? Is it “strangers”, “other people”, or “anyone else”?

别人 literally means “other people / others”, i.e., people who are not you.
It does not automatically mean “strangers”; it can be:

• “other people” in general
• “anyone else” besides me (and sometimes besides you, depending on context)

In this sentence, it basically means:

• “other people (not me) helping me with my homework”
• or in more natural English: “I don’t like other people helping me with my homework.”

If you needed to emphasize “other people (as opposed to a specific group)”, you might see forms like:

• 别的人 or 其他人 – “other people / other persons”

But 别人 here is already the normal, natural choice.