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gòng

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gòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòng | gong4
English translation
to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts

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About gòng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

gòng

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

Etymology of gòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

工貝

Semantic compound

bèi

Phonetic compound

gōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound. Simplified form of gòng .

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Words with gòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贡献 gòngxiàn to contribute貢獻
Gòng tribute gòng
西贡 Xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam西貢
贡品 gòng pǐn tribute貢品
进贡 jìn gòng to offer tribute進貢
自贡 Zì gòng Zigong prefecture level city in Sichuan自貢
自贡市 Zì gòng shì Zigong prefecture level city in Sichuan自貢市
朝贡 cháo gòng to present tribute (to the emperor)朝貢
子贡 Zǐ Gòng Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐 Duān mù Cì [Duān​mù​Cì] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius子貢
呈贡 Chéng gòng Chenggong county in Kunming 昆明 Kūn míng [Kūn​míng], Yunnan呈貢
贡嘎 Gòng gá Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区 Shān nán dì qū [Shān​nán​dì​qū], Tibet貢嘎
章贡区 Zhāng gòng qū Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city 贛州市|赣州市 Gàn zhōu shì , Jiangxi章貢區
贡生 gòng shēng candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state貢生
纳贡 nà gòng to pay tribute納貢
贡山 Gòng shān Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 Nù jiāng Lì sù zú zì zhì zhōu [Nù​jiāng​Lì​sù​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu] in northwest Yunnan貢山
呈贡县 Chéng gòng xiàn Chenggong county in Kunming 昆明 Kūn míng [Kūn​míng], Yunnan呈貢縣

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