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Gift in Chinese

gift · HSK 3

礼物 lǐ wù

  1. 礼 lǐ gift
  2. 物 wù thing

Counted with 件: 一件礼物 yí jiàn lǐwù

这是我送你的生日礼物。 This is my birthday present for you.

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How do you say gift in Chinese?

Gift in Chinese is 礼物 (lǐ wù). You can also say 意思 (yì si), 天才 (tiān cái).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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