供 (gōng): to supply, to provide
供 (gōng) is a Chinese character meaning “to supply, to provide.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 共 (structural). It ranks #550 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 供 a person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to supply, to provide
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰亻共 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 供
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招供verb | zhāo gòng | to confess |
| 口供noun | kǒu gòng | oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供) |
| 供词noun | gòng cí | confession |
| 逼供verb | bī gòng | to extort a confession |
| 供应商noun | gōng yìng shāng | supplier |
| 供认verb | gòng rèn | to confess |
| 供货verb | gōng huò | to supply goods |
| 供水verb | gōng shuǐ | to supply water |
| 供养verb | gōng yǎng | to supply |
| 供电verb | gōng diàn | to supply electricity |
| 供暖verb | gōng nuǎn | to supply heating (in a building) |
| 供认不讳phrase | gòng rèn bù huì | to make a full confession |
| 翻供verb | fān gòng | to retract a confession or testimony |
| 供奉verb | gòng fèng | to consecrate |
| 供职verb | gòng zhí | to hold an office or post |
供 appears in 70 compound words: 59 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 供 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这家供应商的产品质量稳定，我们已经合作三年了。
Zhè jiā gōngyìngshāng de chǎnpǐn zhìliàng wěndìng, wǒmen yǐjīng hézuò sān nián le.
This supplier's product quality is stable; we have been cooperating for three years.
荣誉观护人提供曾经毒贩第二人生 获厨艺大奖肯定
róng yù guàn hù rén tí gōng céng jīng dú fàn dì èr rén shēng huò chú yì dà jiǎng kěn dìng
Honorary Guardian Provided Second Life of a former drug dealer and was recognized by the Cooking Award
力积电 变身AI供应链整合者
lì jī diàn biàn shēn A I gōng yīng liàn zhěng gě zhě
PSMC transforms into an AI supply chain integrator
国金证券:国内制药供应链景气度上行持续 建议把握CXO行业两...
guó jīn zhèng quàn : guó nèi zhì yào gōng yīng liàn jǐng qì dù shàng háng chí xù jiàn yì bǎ wò C X O háng yè liǎng . . .
Guojin Securities: The prosperity of the domestic pharmaceutical supply chain continues to rise, and it is recommended to grasp the CXO industry...
新春走基层丨国网株洲供电公司党员突击队护航春节绿色..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng 丨 guó wǎng zhū zhōu gōng diàn gōng sī dǎng yuán tū jī duì hù háng chūn jié lǜ sè . .
New Year to the grassroots丨State Grid Zhuzhou Power Supply Company party member commando escorts the Spring Festival green:
我的新年“特供”丨订单翻倍!小碗梨成春节假期“新宠..
wǒ de xīn nián tè gōng 丨 dìng shàn fān bèi ! xiǎo wǎn lí chéng chūn jié jiǎ qī xīn chǒng . .
The new year's special 丨 order doubled! The newest and most popular way to get the most out of the Chinese New Year is to get the most out of the Chinese New Year.
汤姆拒绝提供详细信息。
Tāngmǔ jùjué tígōng xiángxì xìnxī.
Tom declined to give details.
谁来为风险投资提供资金？
Shéi lái wèi fēngxiǎn tóuzī tígōng zījīn?
Who will provide capital for the venture?
你提供任何全日游吗？
Nǐ tígōng rènhé quán rì yóu ma?
Do you offer any all-day tours?
你们一天提供几班飞往纽约的航班？
Nǐmen yī tiān tígōng jǐ bān fēi wǎng Niǔyuē de hángbān?
How many flights to New York do you offer a day?
Character Family
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