Definition

1. Verb:
   • To help; to aid; to assist: To provide support, effort, or resources to someone, making their task easier or contributing to a solution for their difficulty or need.
   • To contribute positively; to facilitate: To have a positive effect, making something develop or progress better.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi có thể giúp bạn. (I can help you.)
  • Mọi người giúp nhau dọn dẹp. (Everyone helps each other clean up.)
  • Lòng kiên nhẫn giúp bạn thành công. (Patience helps you succeed.)

Advanced Usage

• "giúp việc": A compound noun meaning "household helper" or "domestic worker".

  • Cô ấy thuê một người giúp việc. (She hired a domestic helper.)

• "giúp sức": To contribute one's strength or effort; to lend a hand.

  • Cả nhóm cùng giúp sức để hoàn thành dự án. (The whole team pitched in to complete the project.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cứu giúp (v): to rescue, to provide critical help.

  • Các nhân viên cứu hộ đang cứu giúp nạn nhân. (The rescue workers are helping the victims.)

• Hỗ trợ (v): to support, to assist (often in a more formal or technical context).

  • Chính phủ hỗ trợ các doanh nghiệp nhỏ. (The government supports small businesses.)

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

• Giúp người như thể giúp mình: To help others as if helping yourself; a proverb emphasizing the virtue and mutual benefit of helping.

  • Anh ta luôn tin vào câu "giúp người như thể giúp mình". (He always believes in the saying "to help others is to help yourself.")

• Giúp đỡ lẫn nhau: To help each other mutually.

  • Trong cộng đồng, mọi người cần giúp đỡ lẫn nhau. (In a community, people need to help each other.)

verb

1. to help; to aid; to assist