Meaning
tribute; gifts
Chinese: 进贡、贡献。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gong” becomes a different word in each tone. 贡 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 贡献gòng xiànto contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution
- 上贡shàng gòngto present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
- 贡国gòng guótributary state of China (old)
- 贡生gòng shēngcandidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
- 进贡jìn gòngto present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
Example Sentence
他为学校做出了很大的贡献。Tā wèi xué xiào zuò chū le hěn dà de gòng xiàn.He made a great contribution to the school.
他Tāhe为wèifor学校xué xiàoschool做出zuò chūto put out了le(completed action)很hěnvery大dàbig的deof贡献gòng xiànto contribute。