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发给 (fā gěi) — to issue to, to distribute to, to grant to (someone)

Definition

发给 is a verb complement: 发 does the sending/issuing, 给 marks the recipient. It emphasizes delivering something TO a specific person (发给老师、发给每个学生).

verb
to issue toto distribute toto grant to (someone)

Examples

  • 发给。
    Gōng sī fā gěi wǒ yì tái diàn nǎo.
    The company issued me a computer.
  • 发给。
    Lǎo shī fā gěi měi gè xué shēng yì běn shū.
    The teacher distributed a book to each student.
  • 发给。
    Zhèng fǔ fā gěi zāi mín shí wù hé shuǐ.
    The government granted food and water to the disaster victims.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

发fāsend
给gěito

发给 combines 发 (send) with 给 (to) to mean issue something to someone.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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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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Grammar

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