公 gōng
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gōng
bound form
public; common; state-owned
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 3; Guoyu '公' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '公' 2; Unihan '公') -
gōng
bound form
official
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 公事 'official matters' (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 1) -
gōng
adjective
male
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: Used to describe the sex of male animals (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 7; Guoyu '公' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '公' 5; NCCED '公' 4) -
gōng
noun
duke; lord
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: First of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxi; Guoyu '公' n 1; Kroll 2015 '公' 3; NCCED '公' 1; Unihan '公') -
gōng
adjective
fair; equitable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 平正 (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 6; Guoyu '公' n 4; Kroll 2015 '公' 1; Unihan '公') -
gōng
noun
Mr.; mister
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '公' n 3; NCCED '公' 2) -
gōng
noun
father-in-law
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Husband's father; as in 公公 (Guoyu '公' n 2a; NCCED '公' 3) -
gōng
bound form
form of address; your honor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often added after the surname, for an older man (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 2; Guoyu '公' n 2b; Kroll 2015 '公' 4) -
gōng
adjective
accepted; mutual
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 4; Kroll 2015 '公' 2c) -
gōng
adjective
metric
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 公尺 meter (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 5) -
gōng
verb
to release to the public
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 公开 (ABC 'gōng' 公 bf 8; Guoyu '公' v 2; Kroll 2015 '公' 2d) -
gōng
noun
the common good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '公' 2b) -
gōng
verb
to divide equally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 平分 (Guoyu '公' v 1) -
gōng
proper noun
Gong
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '公' n 6) -
gōng
adverb
publicly; openly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '公' adv 1) -
gōng
adverb
publicly operated; state run
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 公营 (Guoyu '公' adv 2)
Contained in
- 公诸同好(公諸同好) to share for the benefit of all
- 通用汽车公司(通用汽車公司) General Motors
- 恩公 benefactor
- 公听会(公聽會) public hearing
- 下属公司(下屬公司) subsidiary (company)
- 公共艺术(公共藝術) public art
- 公家机构(公家機構) government institution
- 公犬 male dog
- 公关(公關) public relations ; public relations contact; spokeperson
- 公顷(公頃) hectare
- 公署 government office
- 公共 public; common
- 通用公共许可証(通用公共許可証) General Public Licence (GPL)
- 奉公 to pursue public affairs
- 公司 company; firm; corporation
- 因公 in the course of doing one's work; on business
- 公民义务(公民義務) civil obligation; a citizen's duty
- 公爹 husband's father
- 公务舱(公務艙) business class
- 支公司 subsidiary; branch
- 公示 to announce; to make public
- 公牛 bull
- 公使馆(公使館) embassy (old term); foreign mission
- 公路 highway; main road; arterial road
- 公私皆办(公私皆辦) official and private business both handled
- 公开化(公開化) to publicize; to work openly
- 国际公认(國際公認) internationally recognized
- 公正 just; fair; impartial
- 初创公司(初創公司) new company; newly established enterprise
- 项庄舞剑，意在沛公(項莊舞劍，意在沛公) Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang
- 公等 you all
- 公德心 civility; public spirit
- 公之于世 to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know
- 公民权利和政治权利国际公约(公民權利和政治權利國際公約) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- 公平竞争(公平競爭) fair competition
- 公倍数(公倍數) common multiple
- 赵公元帅(趙公元帥) Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
- 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
- 贸易公司(貿易公司) trading company
- 公证人(公證人) notary; actuary
Also contained in
隐公 、 迅销公司 、 秦穆公 、 中央公园 、 鲁惠公 、 公孙起 、 蔡司公司 、 包公 、 人权和公民权宣言 、 中石油川东钻探公司 、 哀公
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 367
- 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 288
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 267
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 224
- 晉紀 Records of the Jin Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 206
- 卷十 周本紀下第十: 高祖武帝 宣帝 靜帝 Volume 10 Northern Zhou Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 201
- 《晉世家》 House of Jin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 198
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 179
- 卷5 帝紀第5 武帝上 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 164
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 163
Collocations
- 公曰 (公曰) 公曰左之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧駟驖 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Si Tie — count: 15
- 穆公 (穆公) 國人刺穆公以人從死 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧黃鳥 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Huang Niao — count: 12
- 公刘 (公劉) 世脩后稷公劉之業 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧旱麓 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Han Lu — count: 12
- 公尸 (公屍) 公尸嘉告 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧既醉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ji Jiu — count: 11
- 宋公 (宋公) 宋公和卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 11
- 公及 (公及) 二公及王乃問諸史與百執事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 9
- 在公 (在公) 夙夜在公 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧采蘩 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cai Fan — count: 9
- 康公 (康公) 刺康公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧晨風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Chen Feng — count: 8
- 武公 (武公) 美武公之德也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧淇奧 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Qi Wei — count: 8
- 笃公 (篤公) 篤公劉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧公劉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Gong Liu — count: 6