gěi

给

to give / for

HSK 2.0 · 2 HSK 3.0 · 1
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Words with 给

交给 jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
送给 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
递给 dì gěi to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb) HSK 5
给予 jǐ yǔ (literary) to give; to accord; to render HSK 6
供给 gōng jǐ to furnish; to provide HSK 6
补给 bǔ jǐ supply; replenishment HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 请给我一杯水。 Please give me a glass of water. Lesson 4
  • 请给我一碗米饭和一个菜。多少钱? Please give me a bowl of rice and one dish. How much? Lesson 4
  • 我给大家介绍一下,这是我妻子。 Let me introduce to everyone — this is my wife. Lesson 13
  • 我姓张。这是我的家人,我给你介绍一下。 My surname is Zhang. This is my family — let me introduce them. Lesson 13
  • 我想给妈妈买一个生日礼物。 I want to buy Mom a birthday present. Lesson 19
  • 好吧。我要送给我丈夫。 Okay. I'm giving it to my husband. Lesson 19

Character facts

Radical
纟 silk; thread
Parts
纟 + 合
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
給
Unicode
U+7ED9

Pictophonetic: thread