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[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. |
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公平
gung1 ping4 = fair, equitable
公仔
gung1 zai2 = a doll 粵
公園
gung1 jyun4*2 = public park; public gardens
公道
gung1 dou6 = 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 = bus 國
公司
gung1 si1 = company; firm; corporation
雞公
gai1 gung1 = cockerel, rooster; male chicken 粵
手指公
sau2 zi2 gung1 = thumb 粵See all 538 compounds (CantoDict reports 587 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 19 examples containing 公
其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司 粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight. [Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]
間辦公室畀啲細路你搞亂咗 粵
The office was turned upside-down by the children. [Lit. [counter] office by [plural counter] children make-chaotic already] Legend 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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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/150/]公[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/150/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">公</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 公
Unicode code for this character: U+516C (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/150/]公[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 公
Unicode code for this character: U+516C (off-site link)
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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