给 gěi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 合 to combine, to join, to unite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
给
gěi
to give; for, to
Character
Example phrases
- 妈妈给我打电话。 Māma gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà. Mom is calling me.
- 请给我一杯水。 Qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi shuǐ. Please give me a glass of water.
- 哥哥给我一本书。 Gēge gěi wǒ yì běn shū. My older brother gave me a book.
- 别给他钱。 Bié gěi tā qián. Don't give him money.
- 王明给老师买水。 Wáng Míng gěi lǎoshī mǎi shuǐ. Wang Ming is buying water for the teacher.
- 你给李月什么了？ Nǐ gěi Lǐ Yuè shénme le? What did you give Li Yue?
- 这是送给你的。 Zhè shì sòng gěi nǐ de. This is for you.
- 爸爸给弟弟买车了。 Bàba gěi dìdi mǎi chē le. Dad bought a car for younger brother.
- 谁给你的车票？ Shéi gěi nǐ de chēpiào? Who gave you the ticket?
- 我想给他写汉字。 Wǒ xiǎng gěi tā xiě hànzì. I want to write Chinese characters for him.
Related words
- 交给 jiāogěi to hand over
- 送给 sònggěi to give to
- 递给 dìgěi to hand to
- 给予 jǐyǔ to give
- 供给 gōngjǐ to supply, to provide
- 补给 bǔjǐ supplies; to supply
- 找 zhǎo to look for; to give change
- 送 sòng to give (as a gift); to send; to see off
- 找到 zhǎodào to find
- 票 piào ticket
- 试 shì to try, to try on
- 东西 dōngxi thing, stuff