HSK 6 · Money

供给 gōngjǐ “to supply” in Chinese

Traditional 供給

What 供给 means

  1. to supply
  2. to provide
  3. to furnish
  4. supply (as in supply and demand)

How to say 供给

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale供gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale给jǐ3rd tone, dipping

供给 in a sentence

  1. 价格取决于供给和需求。

    Jiàgé qǔjuéyú gōngjǐ hé xūqiú.

    Prices depend on supply and demand.

    Sentence #861159 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 那个团体为难民们提供食品供给。

    Nà ge tuántǐ wèi nànmínmen tígōng shípǐn gōngjǐ.

    That organisation provided the refugees with food supplies.

    Sentence #2442142 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 供给 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 供 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
供gōngto provide; to supply
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 共all · gòng
The character 给 (gěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
给jǐto supply; to provide
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 合to combine · gěSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 合 (gě) hints at the sound. Compare it with jǐ.

How to write 供给

供 8 strokes · 给 9 strokes

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供给 (gōngjǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 供给 (gōngjǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 供给

Words with 供

提供tígōng · to offer供不应求gōngbùyìngqiú · demand exceeds supply

Words with 给

给gěi · to give给予jǐyǔ · to give

More words: Money & Economy

分红fēnhóng · to share profits富裕fùyù · well-off供不应求gōngbùyìngqiú · demand exceeds supply共计gòngjì · to total股东gǔdōng · shareholder股份gǔfèn · share耗费hàofèi · to consume合算hésuàn · worthwhile

FAQs

供给 (gōngjǐ) means “to supply” or “to provide”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngjǐ: gōng with a 1st tone, then jǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 供给 is written 供給. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 供给 from the suggestions. Typing gongji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
供给 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.