gòng
shuì

technical
archaic

Meaning of 贡税

贡税 means tribute; taxes in kind or money paid by subjects to the imperial court. Pronounced gòng shuì.

  • tribute; taxes in kind or money paid by subjects to the imperial court

Definitions & Examples

Zhū
hóu
guó
měi
nián
dōu
yào
xiàng
Zhōu
tiān
jiāo
gòng
shuì
 

The vassal states had to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven of Zhou every year.

Chén
zhòng
de
gòng
shuì
shì
dǎo
zhì
nóng
mín
de
zhòng
yào
yuán
yīn
zhī
 

Heavy tribute was one of the important reasons that led to peasant uprisings.

Zhè
diǎn
xiáng
guī
dìng
le
yīng
jiāo
de
gòng
shuì
zhǒng
lèi
shù
liàng
 

This legal code specified in detail the types and quantities of tribute to be paid by various regions.