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公

gōng

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

公 (gōng) means "public; collectively owned; common". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 公 means

1. public
2. collectively owned
3. common
4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
5. make public
6. fair
7. just
8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility {五等爵位|wǔ děng jué wèi}
9. honorable (gentlemen)
10. father-in-law
11. male (animal)

Example sentences

• 公平点。
  Be fair.
• 公事公办。
  Gōngshìgōngbàn.
  It's business.
• 他很公正。
  He's very fair-minded.
• 我去公园。
  I'm going to the park.
• 这不公平。
  That isn't fair.
• 公车来了。
  The bus has arrived.

Words starting with 公

• 公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation
• 公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg)
• 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
• 公园gōng yuánpark (for public recreation)
• 公里gōng lǐkilometer
• 公开gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
• 公布gōng bùto announce; to make public; to publish
• 公寓gōng yùapartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc)
• 公平gōng píngfair; impartial
• 公主gōng zhǔprincess
• 公元gōng yuánCE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
• 公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
• 公民gōng míncitizen
• 公正gōng zhèngjust; fair; equitable
• 公告gōng gàopost; announcement
• 公安局gōng ān júpublic security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
• 公认gōng rènpublicly known (to be); accepted (as)
• 公式gōng shìformula
• 公道gōng dàojustice; fairness; public highway
• 公关gōng guānpublic relations
• 公务gōng wùofficial business
• 公然gōng ránopenly; publicly; undisguised
• 公证gōng zhèngnotarization; notarized; acknowledgement
• 公婆gōng póhusband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife

Words containing 公

• 办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises
• 老公lǎo gong(colloquial) eunuch; see also 老公
• 办公bàn gōngto handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
• 主人公zhǔ rén gōnghero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
• 平方公里píng fāng gōng lǐsquare kilometer
• 外公wài gōng(colloquial) mother's father; maternal grandfather
• 分公司fēn gōng sīsubsidiary company; branch office
• 航空公司háng kōng gōng sīairline
• 办公楼bàn gōng lóuoffice building
• 总公司zǒng gōng sīparent company; head office
• 不公bù gōngunjust; unfair
• 相公xiàng gonglord; master; young gentleman
• 大公dà gōnggrand duke; impartial
• 跨国公司kuà guó gōng sītransnational corporation; multinational corporation
• 花花公子huā huā gōng zǐplayboy
• 子公司zǐ gōng sīsubsidiary company; subsidiary corporation
• 百货公司bǎi huò gōng sīdepartment store
• 人民公社rén mín gōng shèpeople's commune
• 蒲公英pú gōng yīngdandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
• 周公Zhōu gōngDuke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王
• 大公报Dà gōng BàoDagong Bao, popular newspaper name; Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now…
• 关公Guān gōngLord Guan (i.e. 关羽
• 王公wáng gōngprinces and dukes; aristocrat

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container

Where 公 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 8 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng correctly.
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