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赠

zèng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 贈

What 赠 means

1. to give as a present
2. to repel
3. to bestow an honorary title after death (old)

Example sentences

• 接受现金捐赠。
  Jiēshòu xiànjīn juānzèng.
  Cash donations will be accepted.
• 他们互赠礼品。
  Tāmen hù zèng lǐpǐn.
  They give presents to one another.
• 获人赠马，休看马口。
  Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
• 赠与比接受更让人觉得幸福。
  Zèngyǔ bǐ jiēshòu gèng ràng rén juéde xìngfú.
  It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• 他将一大堆东西捐赠给博物馆。
  He donated a large pile of items to the museum.

Words starting with 赠

• 赠送zèng sòngto present as a gift
• 赠品zèng pǐngift; complimentary item; freebie
• 赠予zèng yǔto give a present; to accord (a favor); to grant
• 赠款zèng kuǎngrant
• 赠礼zèng lǐpresent; gift
• 赠与者zèng yǔ zhěgiver
• 赠芍zèng sháoto give peonies; fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
• 赠与zèng yǔvariant of 赠予

Words containing 赠

• 捐赠juān zèngto contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction
• 馈赠kuì zèngto present (a gift) to (sb)
• 回赠huí zèngto give sb (a gift) in return
• 奉赠fèng zèng(honorific) to present; to give as a present
• 损赠sǔn zèngto donate; donation
• 敬赠jìng zèngto present respectfully; with (sb's) compliments; complimentary
• 获赠huò zèngto receive; to be given; to be presented with
• 转赠zhuǎn zèngto pass on a present
• 追赠zhuī zèngto give to the departed; to confer (a title) posthumously
• 遗赠yí zèngto bequeath
• 捐赠者juān zèng zhědonor; contributor
• 临别赠言lín bié zèng yánwords of advice on parting
• 捐赠盈余juān zèng yíng yúsurplus from donation (accountancy)
• 采兰赠芍cǎi lán zèng sháo(lit.) to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom); (fig.) (of lovers) to exchange presents
• 附赠fù zèngsee 附送
• 采兰赠药cǎi lán zèng yàosee 采兰赠芍

Characters built on 曾

These share the phonetic component 曾 (céng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 憎zēngto detest
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 甑zèngcauldron; rice pot
• 缯zēngsilk fabrics
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Characters that look like 赠

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

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳

Sounds the same

Read zèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 综heddle; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 甑cauldron; rice pot
• 锃polished; shiny
• 缯to tie; to bind