gip

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To help, to assist: The primary meaning of "gíp" is to provide assistance or support to someone in completing a task or overcoming a difficulty. It implies a direct, often hands-on, form of aid.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bạn có thể gíp tôi một tay không? (Can you help me a hand?)
  • Cô ấy luôn sẵn sàng gíp đỡ người khác. (She is always ready to help others.)
  • Tôi cần ai đó gíp sửa cái xe này. (I need someone to help fix this car.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "gíp" is often used in informal, conversational contexts. In more formal writing or speech, "giúp đỡ" is typically preferred.

Variants and Related Words

• Giúp (v): The standard and more common spelling for "to help". "Gíp" is a common phonetic variant or informal spelling of "giúp".

  • Cảm ơn bạn đã giúp tôi. (Thank you for helping me.)

• Giúp đỡ (v): to help, to assist (a more formal or emphatic compound).

  • Chúng tôi cần sự giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We need the community's assistance.)

• Giúp việc (v/n): to help with work; or a housemaid/helper.

  • Cô ấy là người giúp việc trong nhà. (She is the helper in the house.)

Synonyms

• Assist: to give support or aid.
• Aid: to provide what is useful or necessary.
• Support: to bear all or part of the weight; to give assistance.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gíp sức: to contribute one's effort, to pitch in.

  • Mọi người cùng gíp sức dọn dẹp. (Everyone pitched in to clean up.)

• Gíp đỡ tận tình: to help wholeheartedly.

  • Bác sĩ đã gíp đỡ bệnh nhân tận tình. (The doctor helped the patient wholeheartedly.)