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奉

fèng

HSK 6 Character

What 奉 means

1. to offer (tribute)
2. to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc)
3. to esteem
4. to revere
5. to believe in (a religion)
6. to wait upon
7. to accept orders (from superior)

Example sentences

• 奉茶。
  Serve tea.
• 我奉献。
  I'm contributing.
• 无可奉告。
  Wúkěfènggào.
  No comment.
• 他们把他奉为领袖。
  They looked up to him as their leader.
• 你还信奉你的宗教吗？
  Nǐ hái xìnfèng nǐ de zōngjiào ma?
  Do you still practise your religion?
• 对于这个问题我无可奉告。
  Duìyú zhège wèntí wǒ wúkěfènggào.
  I have nothing to say with regard to that problem.

Words starting with 奉

• 奉献fèng xiànto offer respectfully; to consecrate; to dedicate
• 奉命fèng mìngto receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
• 奉行fèng xíngto pursue (a course, a policy)
• 奉劝fèng quànmay I offer a bit of advice
• 奉承fèng chengto fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself
• 奉上fèng shàngto offer
• 奉陪fèng péi(honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company
• 奉天Fèng tiānold name for Shenyang 沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
• 奉送fèng sòng(honorific) to give
• 奉旨fèng zhǐon imperial orders
• 奉公fèng gōngto pursue public affairs
• 奉召fèng zhàoto receive orders
• 奉告fèng gào(honorific) to inform
• 奉现fèng xiànoffering
• 奉系Fèng xìFengtian clique (of northern warlords)
• 奉职fèng zhídevotion to duty
• 奉迎fèng yíng(honorific) to greet; to fawn
• 奉还fèng huánto return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
• 奉养fèng yǎngto look after (elderly parents); Taiwan pr. fèng yàng
• 奉化区Fèng huà QūFenghua, a district of Ningbo City 宁波市
• 奉公克己fèng gōng kè jǐself-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication…
• 奉公守法fèng gōng shǒu fǎto carry out official duties and observe the law
• 奉子成婚fèng zǐ chéng hūnto marry after getting pregnant
• 奉承讨好fèng cheng tǎo hǎoto curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery

Words containing 奉

• 无可奉告wú kě fèng gào(idiom) no comment
• 信奉xìn fèngbelief; to believe (in sth)
• 供奉gòng fèngto consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors)
• 侍奉shì fèngto wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
• 事奉shì fèngto serve
• 回奉huí fèngto return a compliment; to give a return present
• 尊奉zūn fèngworship; to revere; to venerate
• 敬奉jìng fèngto worship piously; to present; to dedicate
• 董奉Dǒng FèngDong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting…
• 趋奉qū fèngto fawn on; to kiss up to
• 遵奉zūn fèngto conform; to obey faithfully
• 克己奉公kè jǐ fèng gōngself-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication…
• 等因奉此děng yīn fèng cǐofficialese; official routine; (old)…
• 阳奉阴违yáng fèng yīn wéioutward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service…
• 崇奉chóng fèngto believe in (a deity or other supernatural being); to worship
• 自奉俭约zì fèng jiǎn yuēto live frugally
• 自奉甚俭zì fèng shèn jiǎn(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures
• 阿谀奉承ē yú fèng chéngflattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking
• 什一奉献shí yī fèng xiàntithing
• 百般奉承bǎi bān fèng chéngto fawn upon sb in every possible way

Characters built on 丰

These share the phonetic component 丰 (fēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 沣fēngrainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
• 夆féngto butt (as horned animals)

Characters that look like 奉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Sounds the same

Read fèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凤phoenix
• 缝seam; crack; narrow slit
• 俸(bound form) salary; stipend
• 甮(dialect) need not; please don't (contracted form of 勿用
• 赗(literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family; to contribute to funeral expenses
• 鳯variant of 凤