Meaning
to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)
Chinese: 给予；读 jǐ 时表示供给。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gei” becomes a different word in each tone. 给 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 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)
- 给予jǐ yǔ(literary) to give; to accord; to render
- 供给gōng jǐto furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)
Example Sentence
妈妈给我做了一个生日蛋糕。Mā ma gěi wǒ zuò le yí ge shēng rì dàn gāo.Mom made me a birthday cake.
妈妈Mā mamama给gěito我wǒI做zuòto make了le(completed action)一个yí gea生日shēng rìbirthday蛋糕dàn gāocake。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The silk radical 纟 plus 合 (sound): read gěi it means ‘to give; for; (passive) by’ (给我); read jǐ it means ‘to supply, provide’ (供给, 给予). Simplified from 給.
A way to remember it
gěi = to give (给我 give me); jǐ = to supply (供给).