giùm giúp
Definition
- Verb: A polite and earnest request for assistance, or the act of providing such assistance. It is a compound word combining "giùm" (a particle indicating a polite request for a favor) and "giúp" (to help), creating a strong, humble, and respectful appeal for help.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh có thể giùm giúp tôi một tay được không? (Could you please help me with this?)
- Xin hãy giùm giúp đứa trẻ lạc đường này. (Please kindly help this lost child.)
- Tôi rất cảm kích sự giùm giúp của mọi người. (I am very grateful for everyone's kind assistance.)
Advanced Usage
- As a humble and urgent request: The term is often used in formal, written, or desperate appeals to emphasize the speaker's need and politeness.
- Kính mong quý nhà hảo tâm giùm giúp cho gia đình khó khăn này. (We respectfully beseech kind benefactors to please assist this family in need.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giúp (Verb): To help. The core verb, less emphatic on politeness than "giùm giúp".
- Tôi sẽ giúp bạn. (I will help you.)
- Giùm (Particle): A word added to a verb to make a request polite, similar to "please do (something) for me".
- Lấy giùm tôi cuốn sách. (Get that book for me, please.)
- Hỗ trợ (Verb): To support, to aid (often used in formal or technical contexts).
- Chương trình hỗ trợ tài chính. (A financial support program.)
- Cứu giúp (Verb): To rescue, to aid (implies help in a critical or emergency situation).
- Cần cứu giúp người bị nạn. (The victims need rescuing.)
Synonyms
- Giúp đỡ: To help, to assist (a common synonym, also a compound word).
- Hỗ trợ: To support, to aid.
- Tương trợ: To mutually assist.
Related Phrases
- Xin giùm giúp: A formal phrase meaning "to humbly request help".
- Chúng tôi xin giùm giúp từ cộng đồng. (We humbly request help from the community.)
Related Idioms
- Lời kêu gọi giùm giúp: A call for aid/assistance.
- Bài báo đăng lời kêu gọi giùm giúp cho nạn nhân bão. (The newspaper published a call for aid for the storm victims.)