给 gěi▶ cho

Stroke order

给 is written in 9 strokes.

• 给

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 请给我一个杯子。Qǐng gěi wǒ yí gè bēizi.Please give me a cup.
• 他给她一个苹果。Tā gěi tā yí gè píngguǒ.He gave her an apple.

Related words

• 供给cung cấp
• 给予cho

给 is pronounced gěi and means “cho”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 给 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.