HSK 6 · Money

缴纳 jiǎonà “to pay (taxes or fees)” in Chinese

Traditional 繳納

What 缴纳 means

  1. to pay (taxes or fees)
  2. to pay (taxes etc)

How to say 缴纳

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale缴jiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纳nà4th tone, falling

缴纳 in a sentence

  1. 每个公民都应该按时缴纳税款。

    Měi ge gōngmín dōu yīnggāi ànshí jiǎonà shuìkuǎn.

    Every citizen should pay their taxes on time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学费要在开学前缴纳。

    Xuéfèi yào zài kāixué qián jiǎonà.

    Tuition fees must be paid before the start of term.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 缴纳 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 缴 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over; to pay
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 敫ancient musical instrument · jiǎoSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 敫 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎo.

The character 纳 (nà) with each of its parts in a different colour
纳nàto receive
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 内inside · nèiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 内 (nèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with nà.

How to write 缴纳

缴 16 strokes · 纳 7 strokes

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

Words related to 缴纳

Words with 纳

归纳guīnà · to sum up采纳cǎinà · to adopt容纳róngnà · to hold纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled

More words: Money & Economy

回报huíbào · to repay挥霍huīhuò · to squander货币huòbì · currency加工jiāgōng · to process交易jiāoyì · transaction结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts基金jījīn · fund精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting

FAQs

缴纳 (jiǎonà) means “to pay (taxes or fees)” or “to pay (taxes etc)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎonà: jiǎo with a 3rd tone, then nà 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, 缴纳 is written 繳納. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaona with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 缴纳 from the suggestions. Typing jiaona into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
缴纳 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.