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献

xiàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 獻

What 献 means

1. to offer
2. to present
3. to dedicate
4. to donate
5. to show
6. to put on display
7. worthy person (old)

Example sentences

• 我奉献。
  I'm contributing.
• 您不能成为献血者。
  You cannot be a blood donor.
• 你不能成为献血者。
  You cannot be a blood donor.
• 我每三个月献一次血。
  I donate blood every three months.
• 我将会努力作贡献的！
  I will work hard to contribute!
• 每个人都有能力作贡献。
  And everyone has the ability to contribute.

Words starting with 献

• 献身xiàn shēnto commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for
• 献血xiàn xuèto donate blood
• 献出xiàn chūto offer; to give (as tribute); to devote (one's life)
• 献殷勤xiàn yīn qínto be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc)…
• 献花xiàn huāto offer flowers; to lay flowers (as a memorial)
• 献礼xiàn lǐto offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate; an offering; a tribute
• 献媚xiàn mèito ingratiate oneself with; to pander to
• 献上xiàn shàngto offer (respectfully); to present
• 献宝xiàn bǎoto present a treasure; to offer a valuable piece of advice; to show off what one treasures
• 献策xiàn cèto offer advice; to make a suggestion
• 献处xiàn chǔto give one's virginity to
• 献计xiàn jìto offer advice; to make a suggestion
• 献金xiàn jīnto donate money; (monetary) contribution
• 献爱心xiàn ài xīnto give to the needy; to donate to charity
• 献血者xiàn xuè zhěblood donor
• 献词xiàn cícongratulatory message
• 献唱xiàn chàngto perform a song
• 献祭xiàn jìto offer sacrifice
• 献县Xiàn XiànXian County or Xianxian, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 献丑xiàn chǒu(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic…

Words containing 献

• 贡献gòng xiànto contribute; to dedicate; to devote
• 文献wén xiànreference material (used in scholarly study)
• 奉献fèng xiànto offer respectfully; to consecrate; to dedicate
• 捐献juān xiànto donate; to contribute
• 供献gōng xiàna contribution
• 进献jìn xiànto offer as tribute
• 题献tí xiànto dedicate (a book, film etc to sb)
• 文献学wén xiàn xuéPhilology; Historical Linguistics
• 器官捐献者qì guān juān xiàn zhěorgan donor
• 贡献者gòng xiàn zhěcontributor; benefactor
• 理论贡献lǐ lùn gòng xiàntheoretical contribution
• 借花献佛jiè huā xiàn Fólit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom)…
• 汉献帝Hàn Xiàn dìEmperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned…
• 酌献zhuó xiànto honor a deity with wine
• 奉献精神fèng xiàn jīng shénspirit of devotion; dedication
• 呈献chéng xiànto present respectfully
• 张献忠Zhāng Xiàn zhōngZhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
• 什一奉献shí yī fèng xiàntithing
• 参考文献cān kǎo wén xiàncited material; reference (to the literature); bibliography
• 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dàoone who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)

Characters that look like 献

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

• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 敲qiāoto hit; to strike; to tap
• 揪jiūto seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 现to appear; present; now
• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 宪statute; constitution
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 腺gland
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
• 苋amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…