HSK 6 · Verbs

奉献 fèngxiàn “to dedicate” in Chinese

Traditional 奉獻

What 奉献 means

  1. to dedicate
  2. to devote
  3. contribution
  4. to offer respectfully
  5. to consecrate

How to say 奉献

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale奉fèng4th 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

奉献 in a sentence

  1. 他的父亲把一生奉献给了科学。

    Tā de fùqīn bǎ yìshēng fèngxiàn gěi le kēxué.

    His father dedicated his life to science.

    Sentence #6147563 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 奉献 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 奉 (fèng) drawn as one shape
奉fèngto offer

奉 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 奉献

奉 8 strokes · 献 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 奉献

Words with 献

贡献gòngxiàn · to contribute文献wénxiàn · literature

More words: Common Verbs

反抗fǎnkàng · to resist发扬fāyáng · to carry forward逢féng · to come across封闭fēngbì · to seal off分散fēnsàn · to scatter粉碎fěnsuì · to smash服从fúcóng · to obey覆盖fùgài · to cover

FAQs

奉献 (fèngxiàn) means “to dedicate” or “to devote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fèngxiàn: fèng 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, 奉献 is written 奉獻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奉献 from the suggestions. Typing fengxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奉献 is an HSK 6 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.