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Chinese symbol for “gondola”

贡多拉
gòng duō lā
Traditional: 貢多拉
(loanword) gondola (Venetian canal boat)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gondola is 贡多拉 (gòng duō lā), defined as: (loanword) gondola (Venetian canal boat).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

贡 gòng
to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
radical 154 ⾙ · 7 strokes
多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
拉 lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gondola”

WordPinyinMeaning
轿厢 (轎廂)jiào xiāngelevator car; cable car cabin; gondola (on a Ferris wheel)
凤尾船 (鳳尾船)fèng wěi chuángondola (Venetian canal boat)
吊篮 (吊籃)diào lánhanging basket (for flowers); gondola (of cable car)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贡多拉.

WordPinyinMeaning
贡献 (貢獻)gòng xiànto contribute; to dedicate
贡士 (貢士)gòng shì(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿试 (diàn shì))
贡献者 (貢獻者)gòng xiàn zhěcontributor; benefactor
进贡 (進貢)jìn gòngto present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
贡品 (貢品)gòng pǐntribute
朝贡 (朝貢)cháo gòng(of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court)
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried

See also: Japanese symbol for “gondola”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.