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奉献

fèng xiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 奉獻

奉献 (fèng xiàn) means "to dedicate, contribute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 奉献 means

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

The characters in 奉献

• 奉fèngto offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem
• 献xiànto offer; to present; to dedicate

Example sentences

• 我奉献。
  I'm contributing.
• 他的父亲把一生奉献给了科学。
  Tā de fùqīn bǎ yīshēng fèngxiàn gěi le kēxué.
  His father dedicated his life to science.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃参议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃参议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  Jīnwǎn shāozǎo, wǒ jiēdào mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán dǎ lái, tàidu fēicháng kěnqiè de diànhuà. mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán yǐ dǎ wán yī chǎng màncháng jiānkǔ de xuǎnzhàn. tā wèi zhège tā suǒ rè'ài de guójiā suǒ dǎdī zhàng gèng jiǔ, gèng jiānkǔ. tā wèi Měiguó de fèngxiàn xīshēng, shì wǒmen duōshù tóngbāo nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de. yīnwèi yǒu tā zhèwèi yǒnggǎn wúsī de lǐngxiù de fèngxiàn, wǒmen cáinéng guo bǐjiào hǎo de rìzi.
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃叁议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃叁议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

Words starting with 奉献

• 奉献精神fèng xiàn jīng shénspirit of devotion; dedication

Words containing 奉献

• 什一奉献shí yī fèng xiàntithing

Sounds the same

Read fèng xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奉现offering
• 凤县Feng County or Fengxian, a county in Baoji City 宝鸡市

Where 奉献 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fèng–fǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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