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gěi

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gěi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gěi | gei3
English translation
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(passive particle)
to give, to lend; for, by
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jǐ | ji3
English translation
to supply
to provide

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About gěi

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

gěi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of gěi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟合

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of gěi . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The (silk) component is used because silk is a precious material often given as a gift.

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Example sentences using gěi

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gěi jiào le liàng 出租车 chūzūchē .

She hailed a taxi for him.

天花板 tiān huā bǎn Gāo gěi rén zhǒng 通风 tōng fēng 宽敞 kuānchang de 感觉 gǎnjué .

A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness.

jiāng qiú rēng gěi ,他接 zhù le .

I threw the ball to him and he caught it.

医生 yīshēng gěi le 一些 yī xiē 止疼 piān 减缓 jiǎn huǎn 疼痛 téng tòng .

The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain.

gěi liǎng 恰当 qiàdàng de 例子 lì zi jiù gòu le .

Give two instances in point — that will suffice.

Words with gěi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gěi to gěi
给予 jǐyǔ to accord給予
送给 sòng gěi to send送給
留给 liú gěi to set aside for留給
交给 jiāo gěi to give交給
供给 gōngjǐ to furnish供給
发给 fā gěi to issue發給
补给 bǔ jǐ supply補給
付给 fù gěi to deliver付給
借给 jiè gěi to lend to sb借給
给以 gěi yǐ to give給以
赐给 cì gěi to bestow賜給
配给 pèi jǐ to ration配給
自给 zì jǐ self-reliant自給
自给自足 zì jǐ zì zú self-sufficiency自給自足
给面子 gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly給面子
转给 zhuǎn gěi to pass on to轉給
还给 huán gěi to return sth to sb還給
输给 shū gěi to lose to (sb)輸給
桑给巴尔 Sāng jǐ bā ěr Zanzibar桑給巴爾
补给品 bǔ jǐ pǐn supplies補給品

gěi Decomposition & Compounds

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gěi Decomposition

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