IDENTITY
给gěito give; for (preposition)
HSK 1Top 200
CORE MEANING
to give; for (preposition)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to giveHSK1
- 2.for (preposition)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 纟silk radical (sī)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰纟合
- silk; handing over
- gives the sound gěi (historical)
USAGE
Common words
给钱gěi qiánto pay
送给sònggěito give as a gift
Graded examples
请给我一杯水。Qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi shuǐ.HSK1
Please give me a glass of water.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Joining (合) and handing over silk (纟) — to give.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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