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to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
HSK 3
to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish
HSK 4
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
to supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
HSK 4
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
HSK 2
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid / a talking-to; a bitter lesson / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 4
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
to furnish / to provide / supply (as in supply and demand)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *供* | 供* | *供
to provide; to supply / to be for (the use or convenience of)
HSK 7-9
to provide assistance / to support / to back
HSK 6
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to provide assistance; to aid
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *注* | 注* | *注
to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text / an annotation; an explanatory note / (bound form) to put on record; to register
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
to subsidize / to provide financial aid / subsidy
HSK 5
to allocate / to provide / to outfit with
HSK 5
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
HSK 7-9
to provide warm hospitality
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *具* | 具* | *具
tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide
HSK 7-9
moist / humid / to moisten / to provide moisture / comfortably off
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赈* | 赈* | *赈
to provide relief / to aid
to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *给* | 给* | *给
(bound form) to supply; to provide / (literary) sufficient; abundant
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
to deal with / to wait on / to provide for
to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to provide for one's family
to give to / to provide to / to bring to / to take to
to solve (a problem) / to resolve (a difficulty) / to provide an answer / solution / resolution / answer
HSK 7-9
to look after / to provide for
to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
HSK 7-9
to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge / (law) asylum
to take care of oneself / to provide for oneself
HSK 7-9
to provide support / to come to the rescue
to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
to provide work to relieve poverty
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
to provide information to a news organization; to tip off / information provided to a news organization; a tip-off
(Tw) to provide a service at the customer's home; to make a house call
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
to supply water / to provide feedwater
a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
to provide full board
to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
to inflict (punishment) / to provide (training etc) / to apply (pressure etc)
(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
HSK 7-9
to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept
to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents
to provide loans
to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
to provide emergency assistance
to support the bottom of sth / (fig.) to provide a safety net
to provide assistance to; to support
to provide as a standard feature / standard feature; standard equipment; standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置|标准配置)
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
to foster / to provide care (esp. for the elderly)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赡* | 赡* | *赡
to support / to provide for
sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator / a captive who can provide information
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
(originally) to provide assistance / (more recently) to show one's support (for a singing idol etc)
glial cell (provide support to neuron) / neuroglia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *资* | 资* | *资
resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense
to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income
(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc / (benchmark test) score / (sports) run (scoring unit in cricket) / to provide a channel for the transfer of illegally obtained funds (in return for a commission)
(aerospace) to boost; to provide propulsion assistance / (behavioral economics) to nudge; to give a gentle push toward a desired behavior
to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
(slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment
to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce
provisions; supplies; victuals / (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
to provide (items for an event) / to cater / to make preparations
to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking
to provide shade / Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4]
to provide protection; to take under one's wing / wings of a sanitary pad
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
(Tw) to hold a banquet / to provide catering / catering / banquet / roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)
to provide financial relief / to bail out (financially) / financial relief / bailout
to provide / installed
(old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
to oxygenate / to provide oxygen complement
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
to provide shade
lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses


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