提供

Character by character

• 提tí12 strokesHSK 2hold in hand; lift in hand
• 供gōng8 strokesHSK 4supply, provide for; offer in worship

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 材料将被提供。

  Cái liào jiāng bèi tí gōng

  Materials will be provided.

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• 我提供了他食物。

  Wǒ tí gōng le tā shí wù

  I provided him with food.

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• 他们为村民提供食物。

  Tā men wèi cūn mín tí gōng shí wù

  They supplied the villagers with food.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 提供. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 提tíHSK 2

  to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid

• 提出tí chūHSK 2

  to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)

• 提醒tí xǐngHSK 4

  to remind; to call attention to; to warn of

• 提高tí gāoHSK 2

  to raise; to increase; to improve

• 提前tí qiánHSK 3

  to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance

• 供gōngHSK 7

  to provide; to supply

• 提到tí dàoHSK 2

  to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to

• 提示tí shìHSK 5

  to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice

• 提升tí shēngHSK 6

  to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve

• 供应gōng yìngHSK 4

  to supply; to provide; to offer

• 提起tí qǐHSK 5

  to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)

• 前提qián tíHSK 5

  premise; precondition; prerequisite

• 提议tí yìHSK 7

  proposal; suggestion; to propose; to suggest

• 提问tí wènHSK 3

  to question; to quiz; to grill

• 提名tí míngHSK 7

  to nominate

• 提交tí jiāoHSK 6

  to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb

• 供给gōng jǐHSK 6

  to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)

• 提早tí zǎoHSK 7

  ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time)

• 提倡tí chàngHSK 5

  to promote; to advocate

• 小提琴xiǎo tí qínHSK 7

  fiddle; violin

• 提拔tí báHSK 7

  to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion

• 提防dī fangHSK 7

  to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng]

• 提炼tí liànHSK 7

  to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process

• 相提并论xiāng tí bìng lùnHSK 7

  to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)