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gōng

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gōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōng | gong1
English translation
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔ děng jué wèi [wǔ děng jué wèi]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law
male (animal)
fair, equitable; public; duke

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About gōng

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

gōng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

To divide  what is private 

Etymology of gōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

八厶

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid. The original meaning is now written as wèng , with the (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using gōng

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许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

我们 wǒmen shì rào zhāo 公园 gōngyuán páo ,还是 háishi 骑车 qí chē 兜兜 dōu dou fēng ?

Shall we run around the park or a bike ride?

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

计算机 jì suàn jī xiàn 普及 pǔjí --公司 gōngsī jiāng 使用 shǐyòng .

Computers are everywhere now our firm is switching over soon.

tài le ,竟然 jìngrán le 公升 gōng shēng de bīng chá .

I was so thirsty that I drank a liter of iced tea.

Words with gōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
公司 gōngsī company公司 gōngsī
办公室 bàngōngshì office辦公室
公寓 gōngyù apartment building公寓 gōngyù
公平 gōngpíng fair公平 gōngpíng
公园 gōngyuán park (for public recreation)公園
gōng public gōng
公开 gōngkāi public公開
公布 gōngbù to announce公佈
公里 gōnglǐ kilometer公里 gōnglǐ
老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) eunuch老公 lǎo gōng
公共 gōng gòng public公共 gōng gòng
公主 gōngzhǔ princess公主 gōngzhǔ
公路 gōng lù highway公路 gōng lù
公众 gōng zhòng public公眾
公民 gōngmín citizen公民 gōngmín
有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī
公告 gōnggào post公告 gōnggào
公正 gōngzhèng just公正 gōngzhèng
公斤 gōngjīn kilogram (kg)公斤 gōngjīn
办公 bàn gōng to handle official business辦公
高速公路 gāosùgōnglù expressway高速公路 gāosùgōnglù
公车 gōng chē bus公車
公子 gōng zǐ son of an official公子 gōng zǐ
公安 gōng ān public safety公安 gōng ān
公爵 gōng jué duke公爵 gōng jué

gōng Decomposition & Compounds

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gōng Decomposition

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gōng Compounds

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  • gōng
    • Sōng
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • gǔn
    • sòng , sòng , wèng , gōng , sōng , zhōng , zhōng , qiān , , , , , , , , , sòng , sòng
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