Definition

1. Verb:
   • To support; to assist: To provide help, encouragement, or resources to someone, enabling them to improve, progress, or cope with difficulties. It implies an active and often uplifting form of aid.
   • To uphold; to sustain: To hold up or maintain something, often metaphorically, such as supporting an idea, a project, or a person's spirit.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Gia đình luôn nâng đỡ tôi trong mọi hoàn cảnh. (My family always supports me in every situation.)
  • Chính sách này nhằm nâng đỡ các doanh nghiệp nhỏ. (This policy aims to assist small businesses.)
  • Cô ấy cần một người bạn để nâng đỡ tinh thần. (She needs a friend to support her emotionally.)

Advanced Usage

• "nâng đỡ tinh thần": to provide moral/emotional support.
  • Lời động viên của bạn đã nâng đỡ tinh thần tôi rất nhiều. (Your words of encouragement provided me with great moral support.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hỗ trợ (v): to assist, to aid. Often used in formal or technical contexts.

  • Chương trình hỗ trợ tài chính cho sinh viên. (The financial aid program for students.)

• Đỡ đần (v): to help, to lend a hand. Often implies practical, physical help with daily tasks.

  • Các con cái đỡ đần cha mẹ việc nhà. (The children help their parents with housework.)

Synonyms

• Support: to bear all or part of the weight; to give assistance.
• Assist: to help someone by doing a share of the work.
• Encourage: to give support, confidence, or hope to someone.
• Foster: to encourage the development of something.

Related Idioms

• Nâng như nâng trứng, hứng như hứng hoa: To handle with extreme care and reverence. This idiom emphasizes the delicate and supportive nature of the action, though it is more specific than "nâng đỡ" alone.
  • Bà ấy chăm sóc đứa bé, nâng như nâng trứng, hứng như hứng hoa. (She takes care of the baby with the utmost tenderness and care.)

verb

1. to help; to support