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共

gòng

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

共 (gòng) means "common; general; to share". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 共 means

1. common
2. general
3. to share
4. together
5. total
6. altogether
7. abbr. for {共产党|Gòng chǎn dǎng}, Communist party

How 共 is used in grammar

共 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Scope adverbs: 共/全/光/仅/至少 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, adverbs (范围副词).

Example sentences

• 一共要多少钱？
  Yīgòng yào duōshao qián?
  How much will it all cost?
• 共产主义必胜。
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì bìshèng.
  Communism will win.
• 共产主义必胜！
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì bìshèng!
  Communism will win!
• 这是共产主义。
  This is communism.
• 算上你一共十个人
  Including you there will be 10 people.
• 总共有五十个人。
  Zǒnggòng yǒu wǔshí gèrén.
  There were fifty persons in all.

Words starting with 共

• 共同gòng tóngcommon; joint; jointly
• 共计gòng jìto sum up to; to total
• 共和国gòng hé guórepublic
• 共鸣gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
• 共产党Gòng chǎn dǎngCommunist Party
• 共有gòng yǒuin total there are ...; to own jointly
• 共享gòng xiǎngto share; to enjoy together
• 共产党员Gòng chǎn dǎng yuánCommunist Party member
• 共产主义gòng chǎn zhǔ yìcommunism
• 共识gòng shícommon understanding; consensus
• 共产gòng chǎn(adj.) communist; communism; to collectivize ownership of property
• 共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
• 共用gòng yòngto share the use of; to have joint use of; communal (bathroom); shared (antenna)…
• 共同点gòng tóng diǎncommon ground
• 共存gòng cúnto coexist
• 共青团Gòng qīng tuánthe Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共产主义青年团
• 共性gòng xìngoverall character
• 共和党Gòng hé dǎngRepublican Party
• 共处gòng chǔto coexist; to get along (with others)
• 共事gòng shìto work together
• 共产国际Gòng chǎn Guó jìCommunist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International…
• 共生gòng shēngsymbiosis
• 共通gòng tōnguniversal; applicable to all (or both); shared; common
• 共同体gòng tóng tǐcommunity

Words containing 共

• 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
• 一共yī gòngin total; altogether
• 总共zǒng gòngaltogether; in sum; in all; in total
• 公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
• 中国共产党Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎngCommunist Party of China
• 中共中央Zhōng Gòng Zhōng yāngCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会
• 公共场所gōng gòng chǎng suǒpublic place
• 国共Guó Gòngthe Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party (abbr. for 国民党
• 有目共睹yǒu mù gòng dǔanyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself…
• 苏共Sū GòngSoviet Communist Party; abbr. for 苏联共产党
• 公共关系gōng gòng guān xìpublic relations
• 公共汽车站gōng gòng qì chē zhànbus stop; bus station
• 和平共处hé píng gòng chǔpeaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
• 中华人民共和国Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guóPeople's Republic of China
• 与共yǔ gòngto experience together with sb
• 同甘共苦tóng gān gòng kǔshared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows…
• 同舟共济tóng zhōu gòng jìcross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests…
• 合共hé gòngaltogether; in sum
• 统共tǒng gòngaltogether; in total
• 小公共xiǎo gōng gòngmini bus (used for public transportation)
• 人所共知rén suǒ gòng zhīsomething that everybody knows
• 公共事业gōng gòng shì yèpublic utility; state-run enterprise; public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
• 公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngpublic transport; mass transit
• 公共行政gōng gòng xíng zhèngpublic administration

Characters that look like 共

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 导dǎoto transmit; to lead; to guide
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 乒pīng(onomatopoeia) ping; bing

Sounds the same

Read gòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贡to offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 供to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. gōng)
• 唝used for transcription in 唝吥

Where 共 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 20 (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 gòng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.