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捐

juān

HSK 5 Character

What 捐 means

1. to relinquish; to abandon
2. to contribute; to donate
3. bound formtax; levy

Example sentences

• 你捐过血吗？
  Have you ever donated blood?
• 接受现金捐赠。
  Jiēshòu xiànjīn juānzèng.
  Cash donations will be accepted.
• 汤姆时常捐钱。
  Tom regularly donates money to charity.
• 你每年捐多少钱？
  How much money do you donate every year?
• 我们捐血来帮助这个孩子。
  Wǒmen juānxuè lái bāngzhù zhège háizi.
  We gave blood to help the child.
• 他匿名向红十字捐了大笔钱。
  Tā nìmíng xiàng Hóngshízì juān le dà bǐ qián.
  He anonymously donated a large sum of money to the Red Cross.

Words starting with 捐

• 捐赠juān zèngto contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction
• 捐款juān kuǎnto donate money; to contribute funds; donation
• 捐助juān zhùto donate; to offer (aid); contribution
• 捐献juān xiànto donate; to contribute
• 捐资juān zīto contribute funds
• 捐命juān mìngto lay down one's life
• 捐物juān wùto donate goods (to a relief effort); to contribute material
• 捐班juān bān(old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions…
• 捐生juān shēngto sacrifice one's life
• 捐精juān jīngto donate sperm
• 捐给juān gěito donate
• 捐背juān bèito die
• 捐款者juān kuǎn zhědonor; benefactor; contributor (to charity)
• 捐益表juān yì biǎotax benefits table
• 捐税juān shuìtax; levy; duty; impost
• 捐血juān xuèto donate blood
• 捐血者juān xuè zhěblood donor; also called 供血者
• 捐弃juān qìto relinquish; to abandon
• 捐赠者juān zèng zhědonor; contributor
• 捐募juān mùto solicit contributions; to collect donations
• 捐赠盈余juān zèng yíng yúsurplus from donation (accountancy)
• 捐卵juān luǎnto donate eggs (from one's ovaries)
• 捐躯juān qūto sacrifice one's life
• 捐赀juān zīvariant of 捐资

Words containing 捐

• 募捐mù juānto solicit contributions; to collect donations
• 乐捐lè juānto donate
• 细大不捐xì dà bù juānnot to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom); all-embracing
• 税捐shuì juāntax; levy; duty; impost
• 器官捐献者qì guān juān xiàn zhěorgan donor
• 抗捐kàng juānto refuse to pay taxes; to boycott a levy
• 铺捐pù juāntax on stores
• 慷慨捐生kāng kǎi juān shēngsacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
• 苛捐kē juānexorbitant levies
• 苛捐杂税kē juān zá shuìexorbitant taxation (idiom)
• 税捐稽征处Shuì juān Jī zhēng chùTaipei Revenue Service (tax office)
• 筵席捐yán xí juāntax on a banquet or feast
• 赈捐zhèn juānmoney donation to relieve distress or famine

Characters built on 肙

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

• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 涓juānbrook; to select
• 狷juànimpetuous; rash; upright (character)
• 蜎yuānlarva of mosquito

Characters that look like 捐

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

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 猖chāngferocious
• 梢shāotip of branch
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read juān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涓brook; to select
• 娟beautiful; graceful
• 鹃cuckoo
• 镌to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 圈to confine; to lock up; to pen in
• 蠲(literary) to remit; to exempt; (literary) millipede; (literary) to manifest
• 焆(literary) bright
• 朘(literary) to reduce; (literary) to exploit
• 悁angry; sad
• 脧variant of 朘
• 鎸variant of 镌, to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe