Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/送-sòng-give

送 sòng give (as a present); deliver; see someone out in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 辶 chuò “walk” or “go.” The colloquial name for this radical is 走之 zŏu zhī “the walking 之,” because of its meaning “walk” and its resemblance to the particle 之. Distinguish 送 from simplified 关 guān.

Examples

• 送 sòng give (as a present); deliver; see someone off or out [V]
• 送给 (送給) sònggĕi give someone as a present [V+PV]
• 买二送一 (買二送一) măi èr sòng yī “buy two, get one free” (lit. “[you] buy two, [we] give one as a gift”)

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons

• Useful phrases
• 怕 pà fear
• 功 gōng merit; achievement
• 挂(掛) guà hang, hang up
• 让(讓) ràng let; make
• 赶(趕) găn rush, hurry, make a dash for
• 结(結) jié tie; knot
• Constellations
• 色 sè color
• Fruits
• 修 xiū build, repair; study, take (a course)
• 节(節) jié restrict, control; economize
• 该(該) gāi should, ought
• 留 liú keep; leave behind
• 飞(飛) fēi fly