Meaning
to offer
Chinese: 献出、奉上。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “xian” becomes a different word in each tone. 献 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
- 奉献fèng xiànto offer respectfully; to consecrate; to dedicate; to devote
- 文献wén xiànreference material (used in scholarly study)
- 捐献juān xiànto donate; to contribute
- 献血xiàn xuèto donate blood
Example Sentence
他为这项研究献出了一生的精力。Tā wèi zhè xiàng yán jiū xiàn chū le yì shēng de jīng lì.He devoted his whole life to this research.
他Tāhe为wèifor这zhèthis项xiàngback of neck研究yán jiūresearch献出xiàn chūto offer了le(completed action)一生yì shēngall one's life的deof精力jīng lìenergy。