gōng

fair, equitable; public; duke

HSK 2 #115

DEFINITIONS

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)

STROKES

WORDS

信力 gōng xìn lì public trust; credibility
允 gōng yǔn equitable; fair
安部 gōng ān bù Ministry of Public Security
差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error); common difference (of an arithmetic series)
差 gōng chāi official errand; bailiff in a yamen
房 gōng fáng public housing; dormitory, esp. for unmarried people
平方里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer
司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law
断 gōng duàn arbitration (law)
办 gōng bàn state-run
开信 gōng kāi xìn open letter
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"
bǐng gōng justly; impartially
济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
布栏 gōng bù lán bulletin board
德 gōng dé public ethics; social morality
论 gōng lùn public opinion
无私 dà gōng wú sī selfless; impartial
使 gōng shǐ minister; diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)
克 gōng kè gram
判 gōng pàn public opinion; public announcement of verdict at a trial
式化 gōng shì huà to formalize; formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC)
历 gōng lì Gregorian calendar; solar calendar
开 bàn gōng kāi semiovert; more or less open