给 (gěi): meaning and stroke order
给 (gěi) means to, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb).
给
- Simplified
- 给
- Traditional
- 給
- Pinyin
- gěi · jǐ
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Stroke order of 给
给
- gěi to; for
- jǐ to supply; to provide
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 給
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Meaning of 给
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gěi
Traditional 給
- 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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jǐ
Traditional 給
- to supply
- to provide
Radical and structure
- 给
- Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 纟 on the left, 合 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 给
- 留给 liú gěi to set aside for
- 送给 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present
- 还给 huán gěi to return sth to sb
- 补给站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot; supply station
给 in our stories
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他给陈静打电话：“你在哪儿？”
tā gěi Chén Jìng dǎ diànhuà nǐ zài nǎr
He phoned Chen Jing: "Where are you?"
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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十二点的时候，爷爷给了冬冬一个红包。
shí'èr diǎn de shíhou yéye gěi le Dōngdong yí gè hóngbāo
At midnight Grandpa gives Dongdong a red envelope.
From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
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他用妻子的手机给自己打电话。
tā yòng qīzi de shǒujī gěi zìjǐ dǎ diànhuà
He uses his wife's phone to call his own number.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
Stories using 给
- At the airport HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The noise upstairs HSK 3
- No umbrella HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).