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Provide in Chinese

to provide · HSK 4

规定 guī dìng

  1. 规 guī rule
  2. 定 dìng to fix

Counted with 条: 一条规定 yì tiáo guīdìng

学校规定学生八点前到校。 The school requires students to arrive before eight.

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How do you say provide in Chinese?

Provide in Chinese is 规定 (guī dìng). You can also say 提供 (tí gōng), 供给 (gōng jǐ), 供应 (gōng yìng), 配备 (pèi bèi).

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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