Verb phrasesHSK 4

Verbs preceded by 给

Use 给 before the person who receives the action to express doing something for or to that person. The verb phrase comes after the person. This is a common preposition pattern, not to be confused with the verb 给 meaning 'to give'.

Structure

Subj. + 给 + Target + Verb Phrase

Examples

现在不要给他打电话。
Xiànzài bùyào gěi tā dǎ diànhuà .
Don't give him a phone call now.
请快点给我回邮件。
Qǐng kuàidiǎn gěi wǒ huí yóujiàn .
Please hurry up and reply to my email.
你可以给大家读一下吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ gěi dàjiā dú yīxià ma?
Could you please read it for everybody?
爸爸应该给儿子道歉。
Bàba yīnggāi gěi érzi dàoqiàn .
The father should apologize to his son.
谁能给我解释一下？
Shéi néng gěi wǒ jiěshì yīxià ?
Who can explain this to me?

Words that use this

给gěito; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)