给
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to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
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Dict coverage rank #1,240 U+7ED9
How 给 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 合 (phonetic, hé)
How to remember it
give · Heisig RSH #1084
thread + 合 fit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 合
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 合 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合 sound component | hé | to combine, to join, to unite; to gather |
| 哈 | hā | the sound of laughter |
| 拿 | ná | to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take |
| 盒 | hé | small box or case; casket |
| 鸽 | gē | pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) |
| 恰 | qià | just, exactly, precisely; proper |
| 蛤 | gé | clam |
| 颌 | hé | mouth; jaw |
| 龛 | kān | niche, shrine |
| 峇 | bā | cave, cavern |
| 袷 | jiá | lined garment |
| 荅 | dá | to answer; small bean; thick, heavy |
| 饸 | hé | buckwheat or sorghum noodles |
| 耠 | huō | to dig, to till |
| 铪 | hā | hafnium |
Words containing 给
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人给家足 | rén jǐ jiā zú | lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off |
| 家给人足 | jiā jǐ rén zú | lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off |
| 自给自足 | zì jǐ zì zú | self-sufficiency; autarky |
| 给面子 | gěi miàn zi | to show deference or praise publicly |
| 不给力 | bù gěi lì | lame (unimpressive); a huge letdown; not to try at all |
| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心 | huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn | see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] |
| 给脸不要脸 | gěi liǎn bù yào liǎn | (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwil… |
| 给排水 | jǐ pái shuǐ | water supply and drainage |
| 桑给巴尔 | Sāng jǐ bā ěr | Zanzibar |
| 奥利给 | ào lì gěi | (neologism c. 2020) come on, you can do it! |
| 给水 | jǐ shuǐ | to supply water; to provide feedwater |
| 补给车 | bǔ jǐ chē | (military) supply vehicle; (sports) support vehicle during cycling events, marathons etc |
| 自给 | zì jǐ | self-reliant |
| 弹药补给站 | dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn | ammunition depot |
| 分给 | fēn gěi | to divide (and give to others) |
| 发给 | fā gěi | to issue; to grant; to distribute |
| 给力 | gěi lì | cool; nifty; awesome; impressive; to put in extra effort |
| 给事 | jǐ shì | the name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 給事中|给事中[ji3 shi4 zhong1] |
| 给定 | gěi dìng | to state in advance; preset; given |
| 还给老师 | huán gěi lǎo shī | to forget (everything one has learned) |