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公开

gōng kāi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 公開

公开 (gōng kāi) means "open; overt; public". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 公开 means

1. open; overt; public
2. to make public; to release

The characters in 公开

• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• 他威胁要公开。
  He threatened to make it public.
• 秘密的礼物公开的奖励。
  Mìmì de lǐwù gōngkāi de jiǎnglì.
  Secret gifts are openly rewarded.
• 公开表示你对某人的爱。
  Publicly express your love for someone.

Words starting with 公开

• 公开信gōng kāi xìnopen letter
• 公开赛gōng kāi sài(sports) open championship; open (as in "the US Open")
• 公开化gōng kāi huàto make public; to bring into the open
• 公开讨论会gōng kāi tǎo lùn huìopen forum

Words containing 公开

• 半公开bàn gōng kāisemiovert; more or less open
• 首次公开募股shǒu cì gōng kāi mù gǔinitial public offering (IPO)
• 温布尔登网球公开赛Wēn bù ěr dēng Wǎng qiú Gōng kāi sàiWimbledon Championships (tennis)
• 首次公开招股shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔsee 首次公开募股

Where 公开 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Industry, Manufacturing & Infrastructure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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