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贡

gòng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 貢

What 贡 means

1. to offer tribute
2. tribute
3. gifts

Other readings

贡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gòngsurname Gong

Example sentences

• 你会说克林贡语吗？
  Do you speak Klingon?
• 为什幺学习克林贡语？
  Why learn Klingon?
• 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.
• 他为经济发展作了很多贡献。
  Tā wèi jīngjìfāzhǎn zuò le hěn duō gòngxiàn.
  He contributed much to the development of the economy.
• 眨个眼的功夫，贡特就不见了。
  In a wink, Gunter was gone.

Words starting with 贡

• 贡献gòng xiànto contribute; to dedicate; to devote
• 贡品gòng pǐntribute
• 贡国gòng guótributary state of China (old)
• 贡士gòng shì(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system…
• 贡布Gòng bùKampot, town in Cambodia, capital of Kampot Province
• 贡物gòng wùtribute
• 贡生gòng shēngcandidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
• 贡多拉gòng duō lā(loanword) gondola (Venetian canal boat)
• 贡献者gòng xiàn zhěcontributor; benefactor
• 贡高我慢gòng gāo wǒ mànhaughty and arrogant
• 贡茶gòng chátribute tea; fine quality tea
• 贡赋gòng fùtribute
• 贡觉县Gòng jué XiànGonjo, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
• 贡井区Gòng jǐng QūGongjing, a district of Zigong City 自贡市
• 贡丸gòng wánpork ball
• 贡嘎县Gòng gá XiànGonggar, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 贡山独龙族怒族自治县Gòng shān Dú lóng zú Nù zú Zì zhì xiànGongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County, in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州
• 贡山Gòng shānsee 贡山独龙族怒族自治县
• 贡觉Gòng juésee 贡觉县
• 贡都拉gòng dōu lāsee 贡多拉
• 贡山县Gòng shān Xiànsee 贡山独龙族怒族自治县
• 贡井Gòng jǐngsee 贡井区
• 贡嘎Gòng gásee 贡嘎县

Words containing 贡

• 西贡Xī gòngSaigon, capital of former South Vietnam; Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
• 进贡jìn gòngto present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
• 上贡shàng gòngto present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
• 子贡Zǐ GòngZi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木赐
• 纳贡nà gòngto pay tribute
• 章贡区Zhāng gòng QūZhanggong, a district of Ganzhou City 赣州市
• 自贡市Zì gòng ShìZigong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 理论贡献lǐ lùn gòng xiàntheoretical contribution
• 朝贡cháo gòng(of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court)
• 左贡县Zuǒ gòng XiànZogang, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
• 福贡县Fú gòng XiànFugong, a county in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州
• 呈贡区Chéng gòng QūChenggong, a district of Kunming City 昆明市
• 福贡Fú gòngsee 福贡县
• 章贡Zhāng gòngsee 章贡区
• 自贡Zì gòngsee 自贡市
• 左贡Zuǒ gòngsee 左贡县
• 呈贡Chéng gòngsee 呈贡区

Characters built on 工

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

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 巩gǒng(bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure
• 虹hóngrainbow
• 汞gǒngmercury (chemistry)
• 讧hòngstrife; disorder; rioting

Characters that look like 贡

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

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 贯guànto pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 贪tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read gòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 共common; general; to share
• 供to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. gōng)
• 唝used for transcription in 唝吥