Taxonomy of meanings for 貽:　　

  • 貽 yí (OC: lɯ MC: jɨ) 與之切 平 廣韻：【貺也遺也 】
    • GIFT
      • ngift; present
    • GIVE
      • vtoNformal: give, bestow; pass down the generations; gift
      • vttoN1.+N2present somebody N1 with a present N2; bestow something on somebody
      • vttoN1.post-vt(oN2)omgive a contextually determinate things to N1
      • vtoNpassivebe made a present
      • vttoN1.+N2psychbring something upon oneself
      • vtt(oN1.)+N2give something contextually determinate to someone

    Additional information about 貽

    說文解字: 　　 【貽】，贈遺也。从貝、台聲。 【經典通用詒。】 【與之切】

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    • GIVE

      1. The most general word for to give is probably yǔ 與 (ant. qǔ 取 "take away from").

      2. Wèi 遺 and wěi 委 refer to any act of giving something to someone in permanence and for keeping.

      3. Cì 賜 can refer to an act of charity or to any giving of anything, typically from a person in authority to inferiors.

      4. Zèng 贈 refers to formal presents to an inferior from a person in high authority.

      5. Yí 貽 is an archaic colourless word for giving something away to someone of one's own volition, and the recipient may be of higher status than oneself.

      6. Zhì 致 is to hand over something or to pass something on to someone.

      7. Kuì 饋 typicall refers quite specifically to the conferring of a gift of food.

      8. Fù 賦 refers to giving something as reward or recompensation to somebody, typically to a person of lower status.

      9. Shòu 授 refers to the physical act of handing something over to a recipient.