HSK 2 · Common Verbs

送 sòng “to give as gift” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 送 means

  1. to give as gift
  2. to send
  3. to deliver
  4. to transmit
  5. to give (as a present)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to see (sb) off
  • to accompany
  • to go along with

How to say 送

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale送sòng4th tone, falling

送 in a sentence

  1. 你生日的时候，我送你一辆自行车。

    Nǐ shēngrì de shíhou, wǒ sòng nǐ yí liàng zìxíngchē.

    I’ll give you a bike for your birthday.

    Sentence #334048 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谢谢你送的巧克力。

    Xièxie nǐ sòng de qiǎokèlì.

    Thank you for the chocolates.

    Sentence #2744467 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 送 can also mean “to take (someone) somewhere”

    我会开车送你们去机场。

    Wǒ huì kāichē sòng nǐmen qù jīchǎng.

    I’ll drive you to the airport.

    Sentence #745829 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 送 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 送 (sòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit
  • 关frontier pass · guān
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò

How to write 送

送 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 送

Words with 送

赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present

More words: Common Verbs

开始kāishǐ · to begin运动yùndòng · to exercise洗xǐ · to wash穿chuān · to wear走zǒu · to walk搬bān · to move帮忙bāngmáng · to help包bāo · to cover

FAQs

送 (sòng) means “to give as gift” or “to send”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it sòng: sòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 送 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type song with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 送 from the suggestions. Typing song into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
送 is an HSK 2 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.