HSK 6 · Verbs

容纳 róngnà “to hold” in Chinese

Traditional 容納

What 容纳 means

  1. to hold
  2. to accommodate
  3. to tolerate
  4. to contain
  5. to tolerate (different opinions)

How to say 容纳

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纳nà4th tone, falling

容纳 in a sentence

  1. 这家酒店可以容纳一千人。

    Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn kěyǐ róngnà yì qiān rén.

    This hotel can accommodate a thousand people.

    Sentence #426961 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这房间太小了，容纳不下五十人。

    Zhè fángjiān tài xiǎo le, róngnà bu xià wǔshí rén.

    This room is too small to hold fifty people.

    Sentence #471388 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 容纳 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 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

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 容纳

容 10 strokes · 纳 7 strokes

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

Words related to 容纳

Words with 容

容易róngyì · easy内容nèiróng · content形容xíngróng · to describe容貌róngmào · looks阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)从容cóngróng · calm宽容kuānróng · tolerant容忍róngrěn · to tolerate容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 纳

归纳guīnà · to sum up采纳cǎinà · to adopt缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled

More words: Common Verbs

屈服qūfú · to yield染rǎn · to dye扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb惹祸rěhuò · to cause trouble揉róu · to rub散布sànbù · to spread散发sànfā · to give off丧失sàngshī · to lose

FAQs

容纳 (róngnà) means “to hold” or “to accommodate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róngnà: róng with a 2nd 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, 容纳 is written 容納. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongna with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 容纳 from the suggestions. Typing rongna into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
容纳 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.