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付给 (fù gěi) — to pay (someone); to deliver (to someone)

Definition

付给 (fùgěi) is a verb-object phrase meaning 'pay / hand over to someone' — the 给 marks the recipient, so the recipient must be explicit. Compare with plain 付 (pay a bill, no recipient).

verb
to pay (someone)to deliver (to someone)

Examples

  • 付给。
    Gōng sī měi gè yuè fù gěi yuán gōng gōng zī.
    The company pays employees their salary every month.
  • 付给。
    Qǐng fù gěi duì fāng yí fèn hé tong fù běn.
    Please deliver a copy of the contract to the other party.
  • 付给。
    Wǒ fù gěi le tā wǔ bǎi kuài qián.
    I paid him five hundred yuan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

付fùpay
给gěigive

“付” means to pay or hand over, and “给” adds the sense of giving it to someone; together they mean to pay or deliver.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

付 pairs 亻 (person) with 又 (hand), showing a person handing something to someone.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 給; 给 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé給gěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 給 uses 糸 (silk) for meaning and 合 for sound, and its old sense was rich, abundant, perhaps referring to precious silk; 给 is a later simplified form.

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