LEARN + CHINESE / 57 of 300 HSK 2

Give Her the Book 给

Your friend asks for a menu, and you hand it to her. With verbs like 给 and 送, Chinese can name both the recipient and the thing being passed along: “give her the menu.” The usual order is verb + recipient + thing; 给 can also introduce the recipient later in the sentence.

请交给他。

qǐng jiāogěi tā.

Please hand it to him.

请给我筷子。

qǐng gěi wǒ kuàizi.

Please give me chopsticks.

这是给你的礼物。

zhè shì gěi nǐ de lǐwù.

This is a gift for you.

Vocabulary

Chinese	English
gěi	to give; for
jiāogěi	to hand over to
lǐwù	gift; present
kuàizi	chopsticks
ài	to love; affection
dì	younger brother
dì-èr	second
diànhuà	telephone
gēge	older brother
líng	zero
líng	zero
nǎlǐ	where
nán	male
nǚshēng	female student/girl
rì	sun; day
suì	year (of age)
tóngxué	classmate
wàiguó	foreign country
wǎngyǒu	online friend
wǔfàn	lunch

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