HSK 5 · Verbs

贡献 gòngxiàn “to contribute” in Chinese

Traditional 貢獻

What 贡献 means

  1. to contribute
  2. to dedicate
  3. to devote
  4. contribution

Measure word 个 gè · 一个贡献 yí ge gòngxiàn

How to say 贡献

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贡gòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale献xiàn4th tone, falling

贡献 in a sentence

  1. 她父亲把一生都贡献给科学事业了。

    Tā fùqīn bǎ yìshēng dōu gòngxiàn gěi kēxué shìyè le.

    Her father devoted his life to science.

    Sentence #343777 from Tatoeba

  2. 每个人都有能力作贡献。

    Měi ge rén dōu yǒu nénglì zuò gòngxiàn.

    Everyone is able to make a contribution.

    Sentence #811351 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他为经济发展作了很多贡献。

    Tā wèi jīngjì fāzhǎn zuò le hěn duō gòngxiàn.

    He contributed a great deal to economic development.

    Sentence #427606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贡献 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 贡 (gòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
贡gòngto offer tribute
  • 工work · gōngSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gòng.

The character 献 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
献xiànto offer
  • 南south · nāSound part
  • 犬dog · quǎnMeaning part

犬 hints at the meaning (dog); 南 (nā) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

How to write 贡献

贡 7 strokes · 献 13 strokes

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贡献 (gòngxiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 贡献 (gòngxiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 贡献

Words with 献

奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate文献wénxiàn · literature

More words: Common Verbs

盖gài · lid干活儿gànhuór · to work搞gǎo · to do公开gōngkāi · open构成gòuchéng · to constitute鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire固定gùdìng · to fix拐弯guǎiwān · to go round a curve

FAQs

贡献 (gòngxiàn) means “to contribute” or “to dedicate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gòngxiàn: gòng with a 4th tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贡献 is written 貢獻. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to contribute is 一个贡献 (yí ge gòngxiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贡献 from the suggestions. Typing gongxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贡献 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.