贡 (gòng) means Tribute. Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他为学校做出了 贡 献。
Tā wèi xuéxiào zuò chū le gòngxiàn.
He made a contribution to the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 贡献
不能抹杀他多年的 贡 献。
Bù néng mǒshā tā duō nián de gòngxiàn.
His years of contribution cannot be written off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抹杀
每个人都能 贡 献一点力量。
Měi ge rén dōu néng gòngxiàn yìdiǎn lìliàng.
Everyone can contribute a little.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 贡献
这项发明是他最杰出的 贡 献。
Zhè xiàng fāmíng shì tā zuì jiéchū de gòngxiàn.
This invention is his most outstanding contribution.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杰出
他觉得自己的 贡 献微不足道。
Tā juéde zìjǐ de gòngxiàn wēi bù zú dào.
He feels his own contribution is insignificant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 微不足道
他在这个领域有卓越的 贡 献。
Tā zài zhège lǐngyù yǒu zhuóyuè de gòngxiàn.
He has made outstanding contributions in this field.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 卓越
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Words that contain 贡
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Questions about 贡
How is 贡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 贡 (gòng, "Tribute"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 贡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 贡 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 贡?
The dictionary page for 贡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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