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公共
gōnggòng
Main
English Definitionpublic; common; communal
Simplified Script公共
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyingōnggòng
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gung1gung6
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3 TOCFL=5
Word Decomposition
公gōngpublic; 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; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
共gòngcommon; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party

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Words With Same Head Word    
公车gōngchēbus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公务用车
公园gōngyuánpark (for public recreation)
公司gōngsī(business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated
公路gōnglùhighway; road
公里gōnglǐkilometer
Words With Same Tail Word    
一共yīgòngaltogether
总共zǒnggòngaltogether; in sum; in all; in total
中共zhōnggòngabbr. for 中国共产党, Chinese Communist Party
国共guógòngChinese Nationalist Party 国民党 and Chinese Communist Party 共产党
反共fǎngònganti-communist
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