adj.纳贡的；从属的；辅助的；支流的
n.支流；纳贡者；属国
Sino-Siamese trade had two forms, tributary trade and civil trade. 中暹贸易主要分为两种形式：朝贡贸易与民间贸易。
Like Silla, Parhae was a tributary state of Tang-dynasty China. 如新罗一样，渤海国是中国唐朝的属国。
About half the 22 Ovimbundu chiefdoms were tributary to a larger chiefdom before Portuguese intervention in the 20th century. 在20世纪葡萄牙人实际占领之前，约有半数酋长领地臣服于一个大酋长。
Several rivers are tributary to the Ganges. 有好几条河都是恒河的支流。
There was a tributary road near the end of the village. 村的尽头有条岔道。
用作名词 (n.)This is a tributary of Zhujiang River. 这是珠江的一条支流。
Hui-tong-si-yi Guan was also a site for trade between Qing Dynasty and those tributary ambassadors. 会同四译馆还是清政府与周边藩属国贡使进行经济贸易的场所。
England was his faithful tributary. 英格兰是他忠心的藩属。
n.分流（名词distributary的复数形式）
