给

To in Chinese: 给 (gěi)

gěi

to

HSK 2Traditional: 給2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to
  2. 2for
  3. 3for the benefit of
  4. 4to give
  5. 5to allow
  6. 6to do sth (for sb)
  7. 7(grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. 8(grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. 9(sentence intensifier)

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给

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄟˇ

gěi

ㄍ/ gㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

给

Simplified

給

Traditional

Example sentences

See 给 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 给，给你！

    gěi， gěi nǐ！

    Here, this is for you!

  • 你投给谁？

    nǐ tóu gěi shuí？

    Who are you voting for?

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Related words

交给

jiāo gěi

to give

送给

sòng gěi

to send

递给

dì gěi

to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)

给予

jǐ yǔ

(literary) to give

供给

gōng jǐ

to furnish

补给

bǔ jǐ

supply

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