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gift; present / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 2
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  *份* | 份* | *份
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of
HSK 2
money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
to present as a gift
HSK 5
to contribute (as a gift) / to donate / benefaction
HSK 6
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
silk banner (as an award or gift)
HSK 7-9
gift / present
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赐* | 赐* | *赐
(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant / (literary) gift; favor / Taiwan pr. [si4]
HSK 7-9
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
HSK 7-9
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
to accept a gift / to receive presents
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
gift voucher / gift coupon
ability / talent / gift
(Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")
gift bag; gift package
natural endowment; gift; talent
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贡* | 贡* | *贡
to offer tribute / tribute / gifts
one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica) / gift for a wedding or other happy occasion / bonus (extra pay, typically given at year-end)
gift / complimentary item / freebie / giveaway
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馈* | 馈* | *馈
(bound form) to present (a gift) / (bound form) to send; to transmit
platinum / silver / white gold / (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
to present (a gift) to (sb)
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
betrothal gift / bride price
spring rain / gift from above
betrothal gift
innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
present; gift
wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
monetary gift
(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
a departing gift / a souvenir on leaving / a poem to mark one's departure
hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
congratulatory gift
to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
generous gifts
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
to thank with a gift
to give sb (a gift) in return
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赍* | 赍* | *赍
to present (a gift) / to harbor (a feeling)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赍* | 赍* | *赍
(literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift
to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贽* | 贽* | *贽
gifts to superiors
my meager gift (humble)
cattail bag / (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag)
clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent / having the gift of the gab
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
to reward generously / generous gift
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赗* | 赗* | *赗
(literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
to thank with a gift
betrothal gift / bride-price
to return a courtesy / return gift
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc)
a gift of money to the family of the deceased
betrothal gift / bride price
money gift at a funeral
tongues (spiritual gift)
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
honorarium / gift as thanks
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
to do a little something as a token of one's appreciation / to express one's gratitude or esteem by treating sb to a meal or presenting a gift
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
(of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
(neologism c. 2020) an ordinary guy who imagines he is God's gift to womankind
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral
to club together (to offer a gift) / to hold a whip-round
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
decline (a gift) with thanks
(jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
lit. to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom) / fig. (of lovers) to exchange presents
gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
humble expression for generous gift
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
honorarium / gift as thanks
to give peonies / fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
burial goods / burial gifts


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