授予 meaning in English

shòuyǔ

to award; to confer

HSK 7-9verb15 strokes

Meaning of 授予

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shòuyǔ
  1. to award
  2. to confer

授予 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

特tè蕾lěi莎shā修xiū女nǚ被bèi授shòu予yǔ诺nuò贝bèi尔ěr奖jiǎng。
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
他tā曾céng经jīng被bèi授shòu予yǔ金jīn牌pái。
He's been awarded a gold medal once.
这zhè名míng士shì兵bīng被bèi授shòu予yǔ紫zǐ心xīn勋xūn章zhāng。
This soldier was awarded the Purple Heart.
他tā们men在zài画huà展zhǎn上shàng授shòu予yǔ了le她tā一yì等děng奖jiǎng。
They awarded her first prize at the art exhibition.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

授 shòu · to award · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

予 yǔ · to give · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 授予.

教授jiàoshòuto teach (a subject)
给予jǐyǔ(literary) to give; to accord; to render
授权shòuquánto authorize
赋予fùyǔto assign; to entrust (a task)
予以yǔyǐto give; to impose
传授chuánshòuto impart; to pass on; to teach
不予bù yǔ(formal) not to (do sth)
函授hánshòuto teach by correspondence
赐予cìyǔto grant; to bestow
授课shòukèto teach; to give lessons
授粉shòufěnto pollinate

Questions about 授予

What does 授予 mean?

授予 (shòuyǔ) means "to award; to confer" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 授予?

授予 is made of 2 characters: 授 (11 strokes), 予 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 授予 an HSK word?

Yes. 授予 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.