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Radical
(Bushou)		 八
Strokes 2
Composition
Strokes 4
Structure
Decomp. 八厶
Prononciation
Mandarin gōng
Entry Methods
Pinyin gong1
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Cangjie
 CI
金戈
Sijiao 8073.2
Wubi WCU
CNS 11643 1-447C
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Unicode U+516C
GB2312 B9AB
BIG5 A4BD
公 gōng public / 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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
Results beginning with 公
公司 gōng sī (business) company / company / firm / corporation / incorporated / CL:家[jia1]
公告 gōng gào post / announcement
公布 gōng bù to announce / to make public / to publish
公开 gōng kāi public / to publish / to make public
公里 gōng lǐ kilometer
公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal
公主 gōng zhǔ princess
公路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2]
公园 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security
公斤 gōng jīn kilogram (kg)
公众 gōng zhòng public
公平 gōng píng fair / impartial
公民 gōng mín citizen
公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats / CL:套[tao4]
公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific)
公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1]
公会 gōng huì guild
公正 gōng zhèng just / fair / equitable
公式 gōng shì formula
公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare
公分 gōng fēn centimeter / gram
公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
公认 gōng rèn publicly known (to be) / accepted (as)
公关 gōng guān public relations
公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification
公社 gōng shè commune
公用 gōng yòng public / for public use
公车 gōng chē bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1] / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
公约 gōng yuē convention (i.e. international agreement)
公顷 gōng qǐng hectare
公文 gōng wén document
公务 gōng wù official business
公爵 gōng jué duke / dukedom
公测 gōng cè (software development) to do beta testing
公证 gōng zhèng notarization / notarized / acknowledgement
公道 gōng dào justice / fairness / public highway
公道 gōng dao fair / equitable
公公 gōng gong husband's father / grandpa / eunuch
公然 gōng rán openly / publicly / undisguised
公孙 Gōng sūn two-character surname Gongsun
公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length)
公章 gōng zhāng official seal
公报 gōng bào announcement / bulletin / communique
公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital)
公款 gōng kuǎn public money
公牛 gōng niú bull
公诉 gōng sù public prosecution / criminal prosecution
公厕 gōng cè public toilet
公鸡 gōng jī cock / rooster
公事 gōng shì work-related matters / documents
公仔 gōng zǎi doll / cuddly toy
公办 gōng bàn state-run
公德 gōng dé public ethics / social morality
公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie)
公职 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job
公仆 gōng pú public servant / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
公国 gōng guó duchy / dukedom / principality
公历 gōng lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar
公馆 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion
公费 gōng fèi at public expense
公投 gōng tóu referendum / abbr. for 公民投票[gong1 min2 tou2 piao4]
公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc)
公允 gōng yǔn equitable / fair
公有 gōng yǒu publicly owned / communal / held in common
公墓 gōng mù public cemetery
公敌 gōng dí public enemy
公房 gōng fáng public housing / dormitory, esp. for unmarried people
公升 gōng shēng liter
公差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series)
公差 gōng chāi official errand / bailiff in a yamen
公婆 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law
公理 gōng lǐ axiom (in logic) / axiomatic
公网 gōng wǎng (computing) public network / wide area network / Internet
公演 gōng yǎn to perform (e.g. on the stage) / to lecture
公害 gōng hài public hazard, nuisance
公克 gōng kè gram
公羊 gōng yáng ram (male sheep)
公称 gōng chēng nominal
公决 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum
公署 gōng shǔ government office
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
公法 gōng fǎ public law
公物 gōng wù public property
公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1]
公转 gōng zhuàn orbital revolution
公派 gōng pài to send sb abroad at the government's expense
公猪 gōng zhū boar
公债 gōng zhài government bond
公干 gōng gàn public business / official work
公吨 gōng dūn ton / metric ton
公愤 gōng fèn public anger / popular indignation
公海 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters
公推 gōng tuī elected by acclamation / recommended by all
公制 gōng zhì metric system
公审 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law)
公营 gōng yíng public / publicly (owned, financed, operated etc) / run by the state
公祭 gōng jì public memorial service
公函 gōng hán official letter
公论 gōng lùn public opinion
公休 gōng xiū public holiday / official leave (e.g. sabbatical)
公粮 gōng liáng grain collected by the government as tax
公产 gōng chǎn commons
公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)
公议 gōng yì public discussion
公断 gōng duàn arbitration (law)
公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial
公秉 gōng bǐng kiloliter
公畜 gōng chù stud / male animal kept to breed offspring
公出 gōng chū to be away on business
公寸 gōng cùn decimeter
公撮 gōng cuō milliliter
公石 gōng dàn hectoliter / quintal
公担 gōng dàn quintal (100 kg)
公地 gōng dì public land / land in common use
公爹 gōng diē husband's father
公斗 gōng dǒu decaliter
公府 gōng fǔ government post in Han dynasty
公合 gōng gě deciliter
公股 gōng gǔ government stake
公哈 gōng hā male husky (dog)
公毫 gōng háo centigram
公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse
公举 gōng jǔ public election
公筷 gōng kuài serving chopsticks
公釐 gōng lí decigram / millimeter
公厘 gōng lí millimeter
公两 gōng liǎng hectogram
公了 gōng liǎo to settle in court (opposite: 私了[si1 liao3])
公鹿 gōng lù stag / buck
公马 gōng mǎ male horse / stallion / stud
公猫 gōng māo male cat / tomcat
公亩 gōng mǔ are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)
公募 gōng mù public placement (investing)
公钱 gōng qián decagram
公犬 gōng quǎn male dog
公伤 gōng shāng work-related injury
公勺 gōng sháo serving spoon / centiliter (i.e. 10 ml), abbr. to 勺[shao2]
公设 gōng shè postulate (math.) / public facilities (abbr. for 公共設施|公共设施[gong1 gong4 she4 shi1])
公室 gōng shì office (room) / ruling families during Spring and Autumn period
公心 gōng xīn desire for the public good / sense of fair play
公学 gōng xué elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College)
公宴 gōng yàn banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure / to host such a banquet
公燕 gōng yàn banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials
公义 gōng yì righteousness
公引 gōng yǐn hectometer
公丈 gōng zhàng decameter
公知 gōng zhī public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) / abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子[gong1 gong4 zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3]
Approximate Results for 公
办公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office)
老公 lǎo gong (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公[lao3 gong1]
老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband
主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness / Your Majesty
外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather
大公 dà gōng grand duke / impartial
相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband
不公 bù gōng unjust / unfair
周公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes / aristocrat
因公 yīn gōng in the course of doing one's work / on business
关公 Guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
济公 Jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
天公 tiān gōng heaven / lord of heaven
包公 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
雷公 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
秉公 bǐng gōng justly / impartially
太公 tài gōng great-grandfather / (old) grandfather / father
恩公 ēn gōng benefactor
阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
诸公 zhū gōng gentlemen (form of address)
叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother
艄公 shāo gōng helmsman / boatman
归公 guī gōng to commandeer / to take over for the state
充公 chōng gōng to confiscate
奉公 fèng gōng to pursue public affairs
龟公 guī gōng pimp
家公 jiā gōng head of a family / (polite) my father / (polite) my grandfather / your esteemed father
蒋公 Jiǎng gōng honorific title for Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
马公 Mǎ gōng Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
满公 mǎn gōng altogether / in all
沛公 Pèi gōng Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
梢公 shāo gōng variant of 艄公[shao1 gong1]
塔公 Tǎ gōng Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
碗公 wǎn gōng very large bowl (Tw)
豱公 wēn gōng piggy (joking name)
先公 xiān gōng deceased father / deceased senior male figure
尊公 zūn gōng (honorific) your father
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T公式 T gōng shì sediment thickness formula / thickness formula / sediment thickness rule / T formula
SAP公司 SAP gōng sī Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing
A.T.A.公约  Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention
办公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1]
分公司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office
总公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office
子公司 zǐ gōng sī subsidiary company / subsidiary corporation
不公平 bù gōng píng unfair
办公厅 bàn gōng tīng general office
主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist
贵公司 guì gōng sī your company
大公司 dà gōng sī large company / corporation
办公楼 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
母公司 mǔ gōng sī parent company
小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4]
蒲公英 pú gōng yīng dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
不公正 bù gōng zhèng injustice
大公报 Dà gōng Bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
支公司 zhī gōng sī subsidiary / branch
老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch
湄公河 Méi gōng Hé Mekong River
齐桓公 Qí Huán gōng Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
姜太公 Jiāng Tài gōng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
铁公鸡 tiě gōng jī cheapskate / stingy person
刘公岛 Liú gōng Dǎo Liugong island in the Yellow sea
太公望 Tài gōng Wàng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
大公国 dà gōng guó grand duchy
柳公权 Liǔ Gōng quán Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
暗公鸟 àn gōng niǎo black-crowned night heron (Tw)
八公山 Bā gōng shān Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui
半公斤 bàn gōng jīn half kilo
半公开 bàn gōng kāi semiovert / more or less open
吃公粮 chī gōng liáng to be on the government payroll
狄公案 Dí Gōng An4 Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
东王公 Dōng wáng gōng Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
吨公里 dūn gōng lǐ ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
范公偁 Fàn Gōng chēng Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录
非公式 fēi gōng shì unofficial / informal
黄石公 Huáng Shí gōng Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公[Xia4 Huang2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author
胡鄂公 Hú E4 gōng Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
假公司 jiǎ gōng sī dummy corporation / shell corporation
晋文公 Jìn Wén gōng Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[Chun1 qiu1 Wu3 ba4]
军公教 jūn gōng jiào army, civil service and education / all branches of state employment
老太公 lǎo tài gōng aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
李公朴 Lǐ Gōng pǔ Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
李卫公 Lǐ Wèi gōng Li Wei Gong / Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4]
马公市 Mǎ gōng shì Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
女公爵 nu:3 gōng jué duchess
女公子 nu:3 gōng zǐ noble lady / (honorific) your daughter
气不公 qì bù gōng indignant
秦穆公 Qín Mù gōng Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
秦孝公 Qín Xiào gōng Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
屈公病 qū gōng bìng chikungunya fever (Tw)
宋襄公 Sòng Xiāng gōng Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
塔公寺 Tǎ gōng sì Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
太史公 Tài shǐ gōng Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]
土地公 tǔ dì gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
文抄公 wén chāo gōng plagiarist
夏黄公 Xià Huáng gōng Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong&rdquo / 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
小公共 xiǎo gōng gòng mini bus (used for public transportation)
衍圣公 Yǎn shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
赵公明 Zhào Gōng míng Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
种公畜 zhǒng gōng chù stud / male breeding stock (of animal species)
宗圣公 Zōng Shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
有限公司 yǒu xiàn gōng sī limited company / corporation
高速公路 gāo sù gōng lù expressway / highway / freeway
航空公司 háng kōng gōng sī airline / CL:家[jia1]
平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer
跨国公司 kuà guó gōng sī transnational corporation / multinational corporation
贸易公司 mào yì gōng sī trading company
花花公子 huā huā gōng zǐ playboy
办公地址 bàn gōng dì zhǐ business address
股份公司 gǔ fèn gōng sī joint-stock company
办公大楼 bàn gōng dà lóu office building
运输公司 yùn shū gōng sī transportation corporation
挪用公款 nuó yòng gōng kuǎn misappropriation / misapplication
同业公会 tóng yè gōng huì trade association
国家公园 guó jiā gōng yuán national park
中山公园 Zhōng shān Gōng yuán Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
女主人公 nu:3 zhǔ rén gōng heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist
上市公司 shàng shì gōng sī listed company
人民公社 rén mín gōng shè people's commune
例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì routine business / usual practice / mere formality
保险公司 bǎo xiǎn gōng sī insurance company
开诚布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
对簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue
大公无私 dà gōng wú sī selfless / impartial
数学公式 shù xué gōng shì formula
愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way
假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position
行政公署 xíng zhèng gōng shǔ administrative office
奉公守法 fèng gōng shǒu fǎ to carry out official duties and observe the law
证券公司 zhèng quàn gōng sī securities company / share company
皮包公司 pí bāo gōng sī lit. briefcase company / dummy corporation / shell company / fly-by-night company
叶公好龙 Yè Gōng hào lóng lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
损公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior
百货公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store
急公好义 jí gōng hào yì public-spirited
天公地道 tiān gōng dì dào absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom) / equitable
巴黎公社 Bā lí Gōng shè Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic
秉公办理 bǐng gōng bàn lǐ conducting business impartially (idiom) / to act justly
奉公克己 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
涓滴归公 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused
舍己为公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
人为公害  man-made hazard
沿岸公地  coastal commons
波恩公约  Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals / Bonn Convention / Convention on Migratory Species
禁奴公约  Slavery Convention / Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention
性别公正  gender justice
教廷公使  internuncio
巴黎公约  Kellogg-Briand Pact / Pact of Paris
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