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赋予 (fù yǔ) — to endow, to bestow, to give (abstract things such as rights, power, meaning, or responsibility)

Definition

赋予 is a written/formal verb for granting abstract things — rights, meaning, power — not physical objects. More literary than 委托 ('entrust a task to someone'); comparable in register to 赐.

verb
to endowto bestowto give (abstract things such as rights, power, meaning, or responsibility)

Examples

  • 赋予。
    Zhè běn shū fù yǔ le shēng huó xīn de yì yì.
    This book gave new meaning to life.
  • 赋予，。
    Fù mǔ fù yǔ le wǒ men shēng mìng, yě gěi le wǒ men ài.
    Our parents gave us life and also gave us love.
  • 赋予。
    Shè huì yīng gāi fù yǔ měi gè hái zi píng děng de jiào yù jī huì.
    Society should give every child equal educational opportunities.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

赋fùbestow
予yǔgive

Both 赋 and 予 mean give or bestow, so together they express conferring rights, power, or responsibility.

Characters in this word

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 賦; 赋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell; money
Sound part声符shēngfú
武
武wǔ賦fù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 赋, the form 賦 has 貝 (shell; money) contributing to the meaning of collecting taxes, while 武 gives the sound.

Open 赋 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 予 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Abstract Concepts

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