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付
Meaning
- to pay
- to hand over to
- classifier for pairs or sets of things
Example sentence
我来付钱。
I'll pay.
The character 付
付 is 亻 beside 寸, a hand passing something across: to pay. 付钱, 支付, 付出 for what you give up to get something — and 对付 is dealing with a problem by paying it back in kind.