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公开 gōngkāi

公开 gōngkāi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 公开 gōngkāi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngkāi | gong1 kai1
English translation
public
to publish
to make public

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Traditional form

公開

Part of speech

Adverbial adjective / 副形词 Fùxíng cí
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Etymology of 公开 gōngkāi

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gōng

Type

ideographic

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.

Positional decomposition

八厶

Number of Strokes

4
kāi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of kāi . Pictograph of two hands opening the bolt on a door. The traditional component mén was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

一廾

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 公开 gōngkāi

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市长 shì zhǎng 公开 gōngkāi 表示 biǎoshì 反对 fǎnduì zēng shuì .

The mayor went on record as opposing a tax raise.

拣选 jiǎn xuǎn de 原因 yuányīn Quán shì 因为 yīnwèi shì 打字 dǎ zì 纪录 jìlù 所用的输入, 而是 ér shì 因为 yīnwèi 公开性.

I chose it not totally because of its new speed, but openness.

méi rén gǎn duì 公正 gōngzhèng 行为 xíngwéi 表示 biǎoshì 公开 gōngkāi 反对 fǎnduì .

No one dared to speak out against the injustice.

越来越 yuè lái yuè 公开 gōngkāi de Tán de 问题 wèntí .

He speaks more and more openly about his problem.

zài 皮卡 pí kǎ de 广场 guǎngchǎng 遇到 yùdào 妓女 jì nǚ 公开 gōngkāi Xiàng 我兜揽生意 shēngyì .

I was openly solicited at Piccadilly Circus.

公开 gōngkāi Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 公开 gōngkāi and their own compounds.

公开 gōngkāi Compounds

See all 114 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 公开 gōngkāi in their composition.

  • gōng
    • Sōng
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • gǔn
    • sòng , sòng , wèng , gōng , sōng , zhōng , zhōng , qiān , , , , , , , , , sòng , sòng
  • kāi
    • bìng
      • bīng
        • bǐng , píng , , , ,
      • píng
        • píng
      • bǐng , píng , pīn , bèng , pīn , pián , píng , bīng , bǐng , 軿 píng , bǐng , pián , bìng , , , , , , , pēng , , , , , , , , , , , bǐng , pián , 骿, ,
    • yán
      • yán
    • Xíng
      • xíng , xíng , xíng , , jīng , xíng
    • kāi
    • xíng , yán , jīng , xíng , qiān , qiān , , qiān , jiān , jiǎn , xíng , , , , , , , yán
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