HSK 4 · Verbs

提供 tígōng “to offer” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提供 means

  1. to offer
  2. to supply
  3. to provide
  4. to furnish

How to say 提供

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale供gōng1st tone, high and level

提供 in a sentence

  1. 您提供住宿吗？

    Nín tígōng zhùsù ma?

    Do you offer accommodation?

    Sentence #10752765 from Tatoeba

  2. 早餐会在早上七点提供。

    Zǎocān huì zài zǎoshang qī diǎn tígōng.

    Breakfast is served at seven in the morning.

    Sentence #8696347 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 公司为他们提供制服。

    Gōngsī wèi tāmen tígōng zhìfú.

    The company provides them with uniforms.

    Sentence #343633 from Tatoeba

How 提供 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 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

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

How to write 提供

提 12 strokes · 供 8 strokes

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

Words related to 提供

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt提议tíyì · to propose

Words with 供

供给gōngjǐ · to supply供不应求gōngbùyìngqiú · demand exceeds supply

More words: Common Verbs

躺tǎng · to recline趟tàng · measure word for trips: a trip弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano提tí · to carry停tíng · to stop提前tíqián · to bring forward通过tōngguò · to pass through推tuī · to push

FAQs

提供 (tígōng) means “to offer” or “to supply”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tígōng: tí with a 2nd tone, then gōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 提供 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tigong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提供 from the suggestions. Typing tigong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提供 is an HSK 4 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.