捐 (juān): to relinquish, to abandon, to contribute, to donate, (bound form) tax, levy
捐 (juān) is a Chinese character meaning “to relinquish.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 肙 (phonetic). It ranks #2181 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 捐 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to relinquish
- to abandon
- to contribute
- to donate
- (bound form) tax
- levy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 捐
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捐献 | juān xiàn | to donate |
| 募捐 | mù juān | to solicit contributions |
| 捐助 | juān zhù | to donate |
| 捐资 | juān zī | to contribute funds |
| 捐躯 | juān qū | to sacrifice one's life |
| 捐税 | juān shuì | tax |
| 捐弃 | juān qì | to relinquish |
| 苛捐杂税 | kē juān zá shuì | exorbitant taxation (idiom) |
| 细大不捐 | xì dà bù juān | not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom) |
| 器官捐献者 | qì guān juān xiàn zhě | organ donor |
| 捐血者 | juān xuè zhě | blood donor |
| 捐款者 | juān kuǎn zhě | donor |
| 捐益表 | juān yì biǎo | tax benefits table |
| 捐生 | juān shēng | to sacrifice one's life |
| 捐给 | juān gěi | to donate |
捐 appears in 37 compound words: 65 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 捐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
捐照镜子,整理一下自己的仪容。
juān zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Don't just stare at the mirror; take a moment to tidy up your appearance.
...家扶爱心灯笼义卖“神秘客”再现踪 疑低调捐款6万元
. . . jiā fú ài xīn dēng lóng yì mài shén mì kè zài xiàn zōng yí dī diào juān kuǎn 6 wàn yuán
... The "mystery guest" of the charity sale of the family support love lantern reappeared and was suspected of making a low-key donation of 60,000 yuan
心潮丽天协会捐赠20万物资 助忠义育幼院弱势孩童
xīn cháo lí tiān xié huì juān zèng 2 0 wàn wù zī zhù zhōng yì yù yòu yuàn ruò shì hái tóng
Xinchao Litian Association donated 200,000 materials to help disadvantaged children in Zhongyi Nursery School
校友叶仲亮、叶玉霞之女叶景睿捐千万 东海再添第六间AI PC教室
jiào yǒu xié zhòng liàng , xié yù xiá zhī nǚ xié jǐng 睿 juān qiān wàn dōng hǎi zài tiān dì liù jiān A I P C jiào shì
Alumni Ye Zhongliang and Ye Yuxia's daughter Ye Jingrui donated 10 million to add a sixth AI PC classroom to Donghai
冷甩女富商!陈子强遭控假公益“画作捐款呒影” 经纪人斥抹黑
lěng shuǎi nǚ fù shāng ! chén zǐ qiáng zāo kòng jiǎ gōng yì huà zuò juān kuǎn 呒 yǐng jīng jì rén chì mā hēi
Cold dumping of a wealthy female businessman! Chen Ziqiang was accused of fake public welfare "painting donations" and his agent reprimanded and smeared
...园清洁队马年开工收运 婉拒红包逾21万转捐公益
. . . yuán qīng jié duì mǎ nián kāi gōng shōu yùn wǎn jù hóng bāo yú 2 1 wàn zhuǎn juān gōng yì
... The garden cleaning team started work and transportation in the Year of the Horse, and declined more than 210,000 red envelopes to be donated to public welfare
我们请女孩带着募捐箱来到舞台。
Wǒmen qǐng nǚhái dài zhe mùjuān xiāng láidào wǔtái.
Would the girls please bring the donation boxes up to the stage?
汤姆捐献了很多钱给这间医院。
Tāngmǔ juānxiàn le hěn duō qián gěi zhè jiān yīyuàn.
Tom has contributed a lot of money to this hospital.
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.
他将一大堆东西捐赠给博物馆。
Tā jiāng yí dà duī dōngxi juānzèng gěi bówùguǎn.
He donated a large pile of items to the museum.
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