给
gěijǐ HSK1

give

给 (給) gěi frequency
for preposition
to, for, or for the benefit of; used to indicate the recipient of an action

我给他买了一件毛衣。

wǒ gěi tā mǎi le yī jiàn máo​yī.

I bought him a sweater.

give verb
to hand over, provide, or present something to someone

他给了我一本书。

tā gěi le wǒ yī běn shū.

He gave me a book.

intensifier preposition
used as a sentence intensifier to add emphasis to a verb

把他给气坏了。

bǎ tā gěi qì​huài le.

It made him absolutely furious.

passive marker preposition
grammatical marker equivalent to 被 bèi, used to indicate the passive voice

杯子给打碎了。

bēi​zi gěi dǎ​suì le.

The cup was broken.

disposal marker preposition
grammatical marker equivalent to 把 bǎ, used to introduce the object of a verb

他给这事忘了。

tā gěi zhè shì wàng le.

He forgot about this.

allow verb
to let or allow someone to do something

父母不给我去同学家过夜。

fù​mǔ bù gěi wǒ qù tóng​xué jiā guò​yè.

My parents won't let me stay overnight at a classmate's house.

给 (給) jǐ
supply verb
to supply or provide

这里的粮食足以自给。

zhè​lǐ de liáng​shi zú​yǐ zì jǐ.

The grain here is enough for self-sufficiency.

Frequency
Character
Written text
180th most common 1125.6 per million
Movie subtitles
67th most common 2644.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3494.2 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1537.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
給
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7ED9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)