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公
gōng
Main
English Definitionpublic; 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)
Simplified Script公
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyingōng
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gung1
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=6

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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
公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus
公园gōngyuánpark (for public recreation)
公司gōngsī(business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated
公路gōnglùhighway; road
Words With Same Tail Word    
外公wàigōng(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
老公lǎogōng(coll.) husband
办公bàngōngto handle official business; to work (esp. in an office)
不公bùgōngunjust; unfair
主人公zhǔrén gōnghero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
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