Definition

1. Verb:
   • To help, to assist, to lend a hand: "giúp sức" means to contribute one's own strength, effort, or resources to a task or to aid another person. It emphasizes the act of adding one's force or labor to support a common effort or an individual in need.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi người cùng giúp sức để dọn dẹp công viên. (Everyone pitched in to help clean up the park.)
  • Anh ấy đã giúp sức tôi rất nhiều trong dự án này. (He assisted me a great deal in this project.)
  • Chúng tôi cần thêm người giúp sức cho sự kiện từ thiện. (We need more people to lend a hand for the charity event.)

Advanced Usage

• "giúp sức hết mình": to help with all one's might, to give one's all in assistance.
  • Cô ấy luôn giúp sức hết mình cho cộng đồng. (She always helps the community with all her might.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giúp đỡ (verb): to help, to aid. This is a more general and common synonym.
• Hỗ trợ (verb): to support, to assist. Often used in formal or technical contexts.
• Hết lòng giúp sức: to help wholeheartedly.

Synonyms

• Hỗ trợ: to support.
• Phụ giúp: to assist, to give a hand.
• Chung sức: to join forces, to combine efforts (often used in a collective sense).

Related Phrases

• "Một cây làm chẳng nên non, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao": This proverb ("A single tree does not make a forest, three trees together form a high mountain") embodies the spirit of "giúp sức," emphasizing the power of collective effort and mutual assistance.