提供
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
提供 (tígōng) · to provide
提供 (tígōng) means “to provide; to offer”. It is written with 2 characters: 提 (to carry) + 供 (to supply). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 提供 is built
The characters
提 tí · to carry
What 提 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 是shì — to be
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
供 gōng · to supply
What 供 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 共gòng — common
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: A person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这家宾馆提供免费早餐。Zhè jiā bīnguǎn tígōng miǎnfèi zǎocān.This hotel provides free breakfast.
你们提供网络吗？Nǐmen tígōng wǎngluò ma?Do you provide internet access?
Questions about 提供
What does 提供 mean?
提供 (tígōng) means “to provide; to offer”.
How do you pronounce 提供?
提供 is pronounced tígōng.
Which HSK level is 提供?
提供 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 提出tíchūto put forward
- 提到tídàoto mention
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 提前tíqiánin advance
- 提问tíwènto ask a question
- 提醒tíxǐngto remind
- 提倡tíchàngto promote
- 提纲tígāngoutline
- 前提qiántíprecondition
- 提拔tíbáto promote (to a higher post)
Learn 提供 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 1: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.