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给予

jǐ yǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 給予

给予 (jǐ yǔ) means "(formal) to give, grant". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 给予 means

1. literaryto give; to accord; to render

The characters in 给予

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 予yǔ(literary) to give

Example sentences

• 他请求她给予优待。
  Tā qǐngqiú tā jǐyǔ yōudài.
  He asked her to give him preferential treatment.
• 当地人可以给予适切的建议。
  Local people can give appropriate advice.
• 圣诞节是给予和分享的时节。
  Christmas is a time for giving and sharing.
• 汤姆不介意偶尔给予玛丽帮助。
  Tom doesn't mind helping Mary occasionally.
• 爱情是给予一个人所没有的东西。
  àiqíng shì jǐyǔ yīgèrén suǒ méiyǒu de dōngxi.
  Love is giving something one doesn't have.
• 每个人都值得被给予第二次机会。
  Měigerén dōu zhíde bèi jǐyǔ dì'èrcì jīhuì.
  Everyone deserves a second chance.

Sounds the same

Read jǐ yǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 给与variant of 给予

Where 给予 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gé–jǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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