to raise (someone) from a fall; to lift up
to prop; to support
to take in one's hands (what is offered, given); to help down with some load
to parry; to ward off
(colloquial) to help; to give a hand
to reduce (a negative emotion or situation); to relieve
to get better (after falling sick); to recover
Short for đỡ đẻ (“to deliver (a woman in childbirth)”).

adv

(Northern Vietnam) temporarily (in the absence of a better method); as a makeshift

đỡ đần

đỡ đần
verb

to help out (with); to assist