给

jǐ

to supply

to provide

silk (纟) + sound: hé (合) = to supply and provide

The silk radical suggests threads or goods being distributed along a supply chain. 合 mainly provides the sound jǐ; the silk radical carries the sense of material goods flowing to someone.

纟+合→给
合To joinPhonetic
纟Silk threadSemantic

政府负责供给灾区食物和水。

zhèngfǔ fùzé gōngjǐ zāiqū shíwù hé shuǐ。

the government is responsible for supplying food and water to the disaster area.

工厂无法按时补给所需的原材料。

gōngchǎng wúfǎ àn shí bǔjǐ suǒ xū de yuáncáiliào。

the factory cannot supply the needed raw materials on time.

Words with 给

给排水

jǐ pái shuǐ

water supply and drainage

补给站

bǔ jǐ zhàn

depot

颁给

bān gěi

to award

递给

dì gěi

to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)

还给

huán gěi

to return sth to sb

还给老师

huán gěi lǎo shī

to forget (everything one has learned)

配给

pèi jǐ

to ration

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年

huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián

Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心

huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn

see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]

不给力

bù gěi lì

lame (unimpressive)

交给

jiāo gěi

to give; to deliver; to hand over

人给家足

rén jǐ jiā zú

lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off

More characters with 纟

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