供应
gōngyìng
to supply, to provide
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 这家公司向全国供应新鲜蔬菜。This company supplies fresh vegetables across the country.
- 停电期间,医院的电力供应没有中断。During the outage, the hospital’s power supply was not interrupted.
Collocations
供应商品供应充足电力供应供不应求
Mnemonic
供 gōng "to provide" + 应 yìng "to respond to (a need)": to provide in answer to demand, i.e. to supply. Goods provided to meet 需求 "demand". Set phrase 供不应求 = supply cannot meet demand (shortage).
Related
提供供给供应商需求
Quick check
What does 供不应求 mean?