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恭

gōng

HSK 5 Character

What 恭 means

1. respectful

Example sentences

• 恭喜！
  Congratulations!
• 恭喜发财
  Gōngxǐfācái
  May you have a prosperous new year.
• 恭喜你！
  Congratulations!
• 我要恭喜你。
  Wǒ yào gōngxǐ nǐ.
  I should congratulate you.
• 恭喜你的脸。
  Gōngxǐ nǐ de liǎn.
  Congratulations on your face.
• 我洗耳恭听。
  Wǒ xǐ'ěrgōngtīng.
  I'm all ears.

Words starting with 恭

• 恭敬gōng jìngdeferential; respectful
• 恭喜gōng xǐto congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
• 恭维gōng weito compliment; to praise
• 恭候gōng hòuto look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
• 恭祝gōng zhùto congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior)…
• 恭谨gōng jǐn(literary) respectful; deferential
• 恭贺gōng hèto congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
• 恭顺gōng shùndeferential; respectful
• 恭亲王Gōng qīn wángGrand Prince (Qing title)
• 恭喜发财gōng xǐ fā cáiMay you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
• 恭敬不如从命gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìngdeference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)…
• 恭贺新禧gōng hè xīn xǐHappy New Year
• 恭城瑶族自治县Gōng chéng Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànGongcheng Yao Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市
• 恭城Gōng chéngsee 恭城瑶族自治县
• 恭城县Gōng chéng Xiànsee 恭城瑶族自治县
• 恭惟gōng weivariant of 恭维

Words containing 恭

• 玩世不恭wán shì bù gōngto trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions; frivolous
• 毕恭毕敬bì gōng bì jìngreverent and respectful; extremely deferential
• 谦恭qiān gōngpolite and modest
• 不恭bù gōngdisrespectful
• 洗耳恭听xǐ ěr gōng tīngto listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears
• 出恭chū gōngto defecate (euphemism); to go to the toilet
• 大恭dà gōng(literary) excrement; feces
• 小恭xiǎo gōng(literary) urine
• 结恭jié gōngto be constipated (euphemism)
• 不敢恭维bù gǎn gōng wei(idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed
• 却之不恭què zhī bù gōngto refuse would be impolite
• 尉迟恭Yù chí GōngGeneral Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang…
• 陈恭尹Chén Gōng yǐnChen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
• 温良恭俭wēn liáng gōng jiǎntemperate, kind, courteous and restrained
• 温良恭俭让wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràngtemperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous
• 前倨后恭qián jù hòu gōngto switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
• 必恭必敬bì gōng bì jìngvariant of 毕恭毕敬

Characters built on 共

These share the phonetic component 共 (gòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 洪hóngflood; big; great
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珙gǒng(gem)
• 栱gǒngpost

Characters that look like 恭

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

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 唇chúnlip
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 祟suìevil spirit

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 工work; worker; skill
• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 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