予 (yǔ): (literary) to give, (archaic) I, me
予 (yǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to give.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丁 (structural). It ranks #925 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (literary) to give
- (archaic) I
- me
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 予
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赐予verb | cì yǔ | to grant |
| 授予verb | shòu yǔ | to award |
| 予以verb | yǔ yǐ | to give |
| 不予 | bù yǔ | (formal) not to (do sth) |
| 寄予verb | jì yǔ | to place (hope, importance etc) on |
| 赠予verb | zèng yǔ | to give a present |
| 准予verb | zhǔn yǔ | to grant |
| 不予理会 | bù yǔ lǐ huì | to ignore |
| 予人口实 | yǔ rén kǒu shí | to give cause for gossip |
| 不予评论 | bù yǔ píng lùn | No comment! |
| 不予置评phrase | bù yǔ zhì píng | to make no comment |
| 生杀予夺phrase | shēng shā yǔ duó | (lit.) to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom) |
| 欲取姑予 | yù qǔ gū yǔ | variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与 |
| 施予verb | shī yǔ | variant of 施與|施与 |
| 寄予厚望 | jì yǔ hòu wàng | to place high hopes |
予 appears in 20 compound words: 10 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 30 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 予 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
了解予字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè yú zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "予" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
东吴证券:首次覆盖东方电气给予买入评级,目标价41.9元-FX168
dōng wú zhèng quàn : shǒu cì fù gài dōng fāng diàn qì gěi yú mǎi rù píng jí , mù biāo jià 4 1 . 9 yuán F X 1 6 8
Soochow Securities: For the first time, Dongfang Electric gave a buy rating, with a target price of 41.9 yuan - FX168
《港楼》上水云向示范单位料最快周内开放予VIP率先参观
gǎng lóu shàng shuǐ yún xiàng shì fàn dān wèi liào zuì kuài zhōu nèi kāi fàng yú V I P lǜ xiān cān guàn
The "Harbour Building" Sheung Shui Yun is expected to open to VIPs for first visit as soon as this week
永泰云向未来两日开放示位予VIP参观 不排除数日内开价|多图
yǒng tài yún xiàng wèi lái liǎng rì kāi fàng shì wèi yú V I P cān guàn bù pái chú shǔ rì nèi kāi jià duō tú
Yongtai Cloud will open the seat to VIP visits in the next two days, and it is not ruled out that the price will be opened in a few days
开源证券:首次覆盖松原安全给予买入评级-FX168
kāi yuán zhèng quàn : shǒu cì fù gài sōng yuán ān quán gěi yú mǎi rù píng jí F X 1 6 8
Open source securities: Covered for the first time to give a buy rating - FX168
...覆盖Light & Wonder股票,给予跑赢大盘评级
. . . fù gài L i g h t W o n d e r gǔ piào , gěi yú pǎo yíng dà pán píng jí
... Covers Light & Wonder stocks with an outperform rating
灵魂赋予肉体生命。
Línghún fùyǔ ròutǐ shēngmìng.
The soul animates the body.
特蕾莎修女被授予诺贝尔奖。
Tè lěi shā xiūnǚ bèi shòuyǔ Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng.
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
什么赋予了人生意义？
Shénme fùyǔ le rénshēng yìyì?
What gives life a meaning?
他们在画展上授予了她一等奖。
Tāmen zài huàzhǎn shàng shòuyǔ le tā yīděngjiǎng.
They awarded her first prize at the art exhibition.
Character Family
亅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hook radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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