予 (yú) — to give (literary/formal, bound form)

Definition

予 (yú) is a bound morpheme used in literary Chinese. The gloss provided is 'to give', but note that this meaning is typically associated with the reading yǔ (third tone). The reading yú (second tone) more commonly appears as a first-person pronoun in classical texts. This ambiguity makes context essential.

b.f.

to give (literary/formal, bound form)

Examples

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tā jǐyú wǒ hěnduō bāngzhù.
He gave me a lot of help.
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qǐng jǐyú tā yí gè jīhuì.
Please give him a chance.
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zhè jiàn shì jǐyú wǒ hěn dà qǐfā.
This matter gave me great inspiration.

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