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gěi = g + ei3
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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= ji + Ø3
to supply / to provide
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How to pronounce 給

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ei3 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

給 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= s + Ø1
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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= g + e3
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
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= h + e2
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]
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= h + e2
variant of 合[he2]
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Characters with 給 as component

給 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 給

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to give / to deliver / to hand over
lame (unimpressive) / a huge letdown / not to try at all
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off

Sentences with 給

給 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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