Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced gei

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced gei, including 给 gěi. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

gei joins the initial g to the final ei in one motion — say it as a single Mandarin beat with the tone over it, not as English letters in a row.

Start the syllable on the initial g, then run straight into the final ei — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Settle the final ei into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read gei (给 gěi) — focus on locking in its tone.

gei turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

Taking the 3rd tone here: 给 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Seeing gei inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

1 common character in this group.