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公然 gōngrán

公然 gōngrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 公然 gōngrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngrán | gong1 ran2
English translation
openly
publicly
undisguised

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Traditional form

公然 gōngrán

Part of speech

Adverbial adjective / 副形词 Fùxíng cí
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Etymology of 公然 gōngrán

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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
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 公然 gōngrán

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罗特克还敢公然 gōngrán 反抗 fǎnkàng 那个 nà ge lǎo 绅士 shēnshì ,拒绝 jùjué Cóng mìng .

Roderigo defied the old gentleman and refused to stir.

一份国会 Guó huì 报告 bàogào 指责 zhǐzé 联邦 lián bāng 安全法 bèi 公然 gōngrán 违反 wéifǎn

A congressional report charges that federal safety laws were recklessly violated.

禁止 jìnzhǐ 妓女 jì nǚ zài 马路上公共场所公然 gōngrán 拉客 lā kè

Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.

gāi 行为 xíngwéi 公然 gōngrán 违背 wéibèi le 维也纳 Wéi yě nà 公约 gōng yuē 》。

The action is an open violation of the Vienna Convention.

这位 zhè wèi 下院 xià yuàn 议员 yì yuán chèn 这些 zhè xiē 谋杀 móu shā shì zài 上帝 Shàng dì 面前 miàn qián de 公然 gōngrán 亵渎 xiè dú

The MP described the killings as a blasphemy before God.

公然 gōngrán Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 公然 gōngrán and their own compounds.

公然 gōngrán Compounds

See all 52 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 公然 gōngrán 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
  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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