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  gung1   jyutping
  gong1   pinyin
[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: (#12)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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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detail  gung1 ping4  gong1 ping2 = fair, equitable
detail  gung1 zai2   = a doll
detail  gung1 jyun4*2  gong1 yuan2 = public park; public gardens
detail  gung1 dou6  gong1 dao5 = justice; fair, reasonable
detail  gung1 ci3   = public toilet; public convenience; public loo
detail  gung1 zai2 min6   = instant noodles
detail  gung1 gung6 hei3 ce1  gong1 gong4 qi4 che1 = bus
detail  gung1 si1  gong1 si1 = company; firm; corporation
detail  gai1 gung1   = cockerel, rooster; male chicken
detail  sau2 zi2 gung1   = thumb
See all 538 compounds (CantoDict reports 587 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 19 examples containing 公
detail audio 星期日公眾假期
Sunday is a public holiday.
detail 晚晚行公司
She goes shopping every night.
[Lit. She evening-evening also walk-company]
detail 覺得行公司
I think going shopping is boring.
[Lit. I feel walk-company very-boring.]
detail 覺得行公司
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]
detail 相信聖誕老公公
Do you believe in Father Christmas?
detail 的話聖誕老公公不會禮物
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!
detail 其實老公仲有
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.]
detail 聽朝點鐘開工所以今晚唔可以行公司
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]
detail 辦公室細路
The office was turned upside-down by the children.
[Lit. [counter] office by [plural counter] children make-chaotic already]
detail audio 公司
How do you spell your company's name?
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