公 (gung1 | gong1) : public; grandfather; unselfish

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公

gung1

gong1

[1] unselfish; unbiased; fair [2] [v] make public; open to all [3] public [4] the first of old China's five grades of the nobility; duke [5] the father of one's husband; one's father-in-law [6] grandfather [7] a respectful salutation [8] the male (animals) [9] office; official duties [10] a surname

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 八 (#12)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

公

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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公平 gung1 ping4 gong1 ping2 = fair, equitable

公仔 gung1 zai2 = a doll 粵

公園 gung1 jyun4*2 gong1 yuan2 = public park; public gardens

公道 gung1 dou6 gong1 dao5 = justice; fair, reasonable

公廁 gung1 ci3 = public toilet; public convenience; public loo

公仔麵 gung1 zai2 min6 = instant noodles 粵

公共汽車 gung1 gung6 hei3 ce1 gong1 gong4 qi4 che1 = bus 國

公司 gung1 si1 gong1 si1 = company; firm; corporation

雞公 gai1 gung1 = cockerel, rooster; male chicken 粵

手指公 sau2 zi2 gung1 = thumb 粵
See all 530 compounds (CantoDict reports 579 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 10 examples containing 公

星期日係公眾假期。粵
Sunday is a public holiday.

你相信有聖誕老公公嗎？國
Do you believe in Father Christmas?

你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

你公司嘅名點串呀？粵
How do you spell your company's name?

間公司專門生產電腦。粵
The company specializes in producing computers.

你走到冇雷公咁遠買貨，點為得過呀粵
It is not worth buying goods from such a faraway place.

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

好在重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

好彩重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

幸好還有公民黨國
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 公
Unicode code for this character: U+516C (off-site link)

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