恭 gōng

1. gōng verb to respect; to be polite; to be reverent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尊敬 (CC-CEDICT '恭'; Guoyu '恭' v 1; Kroll 2015 '恭', p. 135; Unihan '恭'; XHZD '恭', p. 233)
2. gōng verb to follow [orders]; to obey
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 遵行 (Guoyu '恭' v 2)
3. gōng verb to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 称赞 (Guoyu '恭' v 3)
4. gōng noun a bow with hands cupped
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: With 拱手 cupped hands (Guoyu '恭' n 1)
5. gōng proper noun Gong
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '恭' n 2)
6. gōng adjective humble
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 谦和 (Guoyu '恭' adj)

Contained in

• 恭喜发财(恭喜發財) Wishing you a prosperous New Year!
• 恭喜 congratulations; greetings
• 足恭 excessively polite
• 恭谨(恭謹) to be respectful
• 玩世不恭 to trifle without respect; to despise worldly conventions; frivolous
• 前倨后恭(前倨後恭) to switch from arrogance to deference
• 洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
• 不敢恭维(不敢恭維) to be underwhelmed; to be less than impressed
• 毕恭毕敬(畢恭畢敬) reverent and respectful; extremely deferential
• 恭祝 to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (especially to a superior); with best wishes (in writing)
• 恭维(恭維) to praise; to speak highly of
• 打恭作揖 to bow with hands cupped
• 恭候 to look forward to something; to wait respectfully
• 却之不恭(卻之不恭) to refuse would be impolite
• 恭迎 to respect and welcome
• 温良恭俭让(溫良恭儉讓) kindhearted and moderate; temperate and gentle
• 桀骜不恭(桀驁不恭) ruthless, arrogant, and disrespectful
• 谦恭(謙恭) polite and modest
• 恭俭(恭儉) to bow; to revere
• 不恭 disrespectful
• 恭贺新禧(恭賀新禧) Happy New Year
• 大恭 excrement; feces
• 恭贺(恭賀) to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
• 恭亲王(恭親王) Grand Prince
• 象恭 appearing to be respectful
• 恭楷 upright regular script
• 恭敬 to bow; to revere; to hold in deferential respect
• 恭顺(恭順) to be deferent
• 结恭(結恭) to be constipated (euphemism)
• 恭贺佳节(恭賀佳節) season's greetings

Also contained in

刘恭 、 马文恭 、 王义恭 、 晋恭帝 、 恭城 、 高丽恭让王 、 恭亲王奕䜣 、 尉迟恭 、 完颜允恭 、 允恭 、 恭城县 、 赖恭 、 刘义恭 、 曹延恭 、 隋恭帝 、 高丽恭愍王 、 宋恭宗 、 恭宗 、 陈恭尹 、 恭城瑶族自治县 、 恭王府

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 124
• 卷一百〇一 表第二 諸王世表二 Volume 101 Tables 2: Princes 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 123
• 卷一百〇二 表第三 諸王世表三 Volume 102 Tables 3: Princes 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 84
• 卷八十四 列傳第五十四 王恭 庾楷 劉牢之 殷仲堪 楊佺期 Volume 84 Biographies 54: Wang Gong; Yu Kai; Liu Laozhi; Yin Zhongkan; Yang Quanqi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 79
• 卷一百〇四 表第五 諸王世表五 Volume 104 Tables 5: Princes 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
• 卷一百〇三 表第四 諸王世表四 Volume 103 Tables 4: Princes 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 58
• 卷一百三十五 僭偽列傳二: 劉守光 劉陟 劉崇 Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2 - Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 50
• 第六十八回 Chapter 68 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 50
• 卷六十一 列傳第二十一 武三王 Volume 61 Biographies 21: Wu Sanwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 49
• 卷十九 耿弇列傳 Volume 19: Biography of Geng Yan Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 41

Collocations

• 恭侯 (恭侯) 恭侯襄元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 36
• 恭王 (恭王) 昔楚恭王戰於陰陵 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 29
• 温温恭 (溫溫恭) 溫溫恭人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 7
• 恭人 (恭人) 溫溫恭人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 7
• 曰恭 (曰恭) 貌曰恭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 6
• 楚恭 (楚恭) 昔楚恭王戰於陰陵 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 5
• 恭皇 (恭皇) 太皇太后詔尊定陶恭王為恭皇 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 5
• 恭近 (恭近) 恭近於禮 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 5
• 恭作 (恭作) 恭作肅 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 恭让 (恭讓) 行之以恭讓 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十五 郊義第六十六 郊祭第六十七 四祭第六十八 郊祀第六十九 順命第七十 郊事對第七十一　Scroll 15 — count: 4