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公益

gōng yì

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

公益 (gōng yì) means "public good; public welfare; public interest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 公益 means

1. public good; public welfare; public interest

The characters in 公益

• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 益yìbenefit; profit; advantage

Example sentences

• 例如，中国的公共交通毫不怀疑比英国的好，但英国的公益事业可能比中国的好。
  Lìrú, Zhōngguó de gōnggòngjiāotōng háobùhuáiyí bǐ Yīngguó de hǎo, dàn Yīngguó de gōngyìshìyè kěnéng bǐ Zhōngguó de hǎo.
  For example, China's public transport is without a doubt better than the UK's, but the UK's public welfare may be better than China's.

Words starting with 公益

• 公益金gōng yì jīnpublic welfare funds; community chest
• 公益事业gōng yì shì yèservice to the public; public welfare undertaking; charity
• 公益活动gōng yì huó dòngcharity event; public service activities

Sounds the same

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

• 工艺arts and crafts; industrial arts
• 公议public discussion
• 公义righteousness
• 躬诣to call (at sb's home) personally

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng yì correctly.
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