# Giùm / giúp / hộ: as a favour in Vietnamese (A2)

> In Saigon, giùm after a verb turns it into a favour, like "for me" or "would you": Anh mở cửa giùm em nha. Could you open the door for me?

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/giup-ho-favour/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**as a favour**

Pattern: `[verb] + giùm / giúp / hộ + (person)`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: gium, giup, ho

Situations: [At work](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/?use=work)

Saigon: giùm / giúp | Hà Nội: hộ / giúp

In Saigon, *giùm* after a verb turns it into a favour, like "for me" or "would you": *Anh mở cửa giùm em nha.* Could you open the door for me? It's friendly and very common, the everyday way to ask someone to do something small.

It goes after the verb, and the person you're helping can follow: *chụp giùm tụi em tấm hình*, take a photo for us. The thing can come before or after it: *cầm giùm chị cái túi* and *cầm cái túi giùm chị* both work. Ending with *được không* makes a polite question: *Anh chụp giùm tụi em tấm hình được không?*

*Giúp* works the same way and is neutral; it's the one you'll see written: *Em gửi giúp chị cái email này nha.* In Hà Nội people say *hộ*: *Anh mở cửa hộ em nhé.* In Saigon, *hộ* sounds Northern.

*Làm ơn* before the verb is a more formal "please", for strangers or for a real favour. The two can go together: *Làm ơn chỉ giùm tôi đường ra bến xe.* Could you please show me the way to the bus station?

## Examples

- Saigon: Anh chụp giùm tụi em tấm hình được không? | Hà Nội: Anh chụp hộ bọn em tấm ảnh được không? — Could you take a photo of us?
- Saigon: Anh mở cửa giùm em nha. | Hà Nội: Anh mở cửa hộ em nhé. — Could you open the door for me?
- Saigon: Chị coi giùm em cái này với. | Hà Nội: Chị xem hộ em cái này với. — Could you take a look at this for me?
- Saigon: Em gửi giúp chị cái email này nha. | Hà Nội: Em gửi giúp chị cái email này nhé. — Could you send this email for me?

## Words in this pattern

- [giùm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/gium-for/#s_gium_for): for
- [giúp](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/giup-help/#s_giup_help): help
- [hộ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/ho-for/#s_ho_for): for
- [với](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/voi-with/#s_voi_please): please

## Compare

- [Please, do me a favour: làm ơn + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/lam-on-please/): please

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