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给

gěi

HSK 2 Character Traditional 給

What 给 means

1. to
2. for
3. for the benefit of
4. to give
5. to allow
6. to do sth (for sb)
7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
9. (sentence intensifier)

Other readings

给 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jǐto supply; to provide; sufficient; abundant

Example sentences

• 给你。
  Here you are.
• 给我！
  Give it to me.
• 给您。
  Here you are.
• 给你！
  Here you are!
• 都给我。
  Give me everything.
• 借给他.
  Lend it to him.

Words starting with 给

• 给予jǐ yǔ(literary) to give; to accord; to render
• 给以gěi yǐto give; to grant
• 给付jǐ fùto pay; payment
• 给面子gěi miàn zito show deference or praise publicly
• 给水jǐ shuǐto supply water; to provide feedwater
• 给定gěi dìngto state in advance; preset; given
• 给养jǐ yǎngprovisions; supplies; victuals; (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
• 给事jǐ shìthe name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 给事中
• 给力gěi lìcool; nifty; awesome
• 给排水jǐ pái shuǐwater supply and drainage
• 给药jǐ yàoto administer medicine
• 给脸gěi liǎn(colloquial) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment)…
• 给脸不要脸gěi liǎn bù yào liǎn(colloquial) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy…
• 给皂器jǐ zào qìsoap dispenser
• 给你点颜色看看gěi nǐ diǎn yán sè kàn kan(I'll) teach you a lesson; put you in your place
• 给与jǐ yǔvariant of 给予

Words containing 给

• 供给gōng jǐto furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)
• 交给jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
• 送给sòng gěito send; to give as a present
• 递给dì gěito hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
• 还给huán gěito return sth to sb
• 留给liú gěito set aside for
• 带给dài gěito give to; to provide to; to bring to
• 发给fā gěito issue; to grant; to distribute
• 借给jiè gěito lend to sb
• 传给chuán gěito pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
• 分给fēn gěito divide (and give to others)
• 输给shū gěito lose to (sb); to be outdone by
• 付给fù gěito deliver; to pay
• 塞给sāi gěito slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously
• 补给bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment; to replenish
• 转给zhuǎn gěito pass on to
• 配给pèi jǐto ration; to allocate
• 自给自足zì jǐ zì zúself-sufficiency; autarky
• 自给zì jǐself-reliant
• 不给力bù gěi lìlame (unimpressive); a huge letdown; not to try at all
• 总供给zǒng gōng jǐaggregate supply
• 人给家足rén jǐ jiā zúlit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
• 家给人足jiā jǐ rén zúlit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
• 还给老师huán gěi lǎo shīto forget (everything one has learned)

Characters that look like 给

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps