Learn Chinese Characters

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

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

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.

hewèifor学校xué xiàoschool做出zuò chūto put outle(completed action)hěnverybigdeof贡献gòng xiànto contribute