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公事

gōng shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

公事 (gōng shì) means "work-related matters; documents". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 公事 means

1. work-related matters
2. documents

The characters in 公事

• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 公事公办。
  Gōngshìgōngbàn.
  It's business.

Words starting with 公事

• 公事公办gōng shì gōng bànto do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
• 公事包gōng shì bāo(Taiwan) briefcase
• 公事房gōng shì fáng(old) government office

Words containing 公事

• 例行公事lì xíng gōng shìroutine business; usual practice; mere formality

Sounds the same

Read gōng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 公式formula
• 攻势(military) offensive
• 公示to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments); public notification
• 工事defensive structure; military fortifications; (Taiwan) construction works
• 公室office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period

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