gěi

Traditional: 給

HSK 1

给 (gěi) is a Chinese word meaning “to; for; for the benefit of”.

Meanings

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

Related words

给to supply交给to give; to deliver; to hand over送给to send留给to set aside for给予(literary) to give; to accord; to render发给to issue递给to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)付给to deliver补给supply供给to furnish转给to pass on to配给to ration

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