公
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
gōng gong1
- public
- collectively owned
- common
- international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
- make public
- fair
- just
- Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位
- honorable (gentlemen)
- father-in-law
- male (animal)
Example sentences
HSK words with 公 · 24 of 56
- 公司 gōngsī company; firm; corporation
- 办公室 bàngōngshì office
- 公园 gōngyuán park (for public recreation)
- 公平 gōngpíng fair
- 公路 gōnglù highway
- 公里 gōnglǐ kilometer
- 公斤 gōngjīn kilogram (kg)
- 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē bus
- 公交车 gōngjiāochē public transport vehicle
- 公开 gōngkāi open; overt; public
- 公共 gōnggòng public; common; communal
- 公布 gōngbù to announce
- 公民 gōngmín citizen
- 高速公路 gāosùgōnglù expressway; highway; freeway
- 公务员 gōngwùyuán functionary
- 老公 lǎogōng (coll.) husband
- 公元 gōngyuán CE (Common Era)
- 公正 gōngzhèng just; fair; equitable
- 公告 gōnggào post
- 公式 gōngshì formula
- 公认 gōngrèn publicly known (to be)
- 公众 gōngzhòng public
- 公主 gōngzhǔ princess
- 办公 bàngōng to handle official business