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[1] [adj] public; official; collective | [antonym] 私 [2] [adj] common; generally accepted/acknowledged [3] [adj] international; universal; of the world [4] [v] make public; open to all [5] [adj] fair; just; impartial; unbiased [6] [n] grandfather; father-in-law [7] [n] (of an animal) male [8] [n] duke – first of old China’s 5 grades of the nobility [9] [n] mister (Mr) – a term of address for elderly man Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 八 (#12)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 24695 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th May 2018 02:22 |
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白公 baak6 gung1 = great grandfather [粵] 粵 公平 gung1 ping4 = fair, equitable 公仔 gung1 zai2 = a doll 粵 公園 gung1 jyun4*2 = public park; public gardens 狗公 gau2 gung1 = dog (also 公狗); a "dog man"; a "john" 粵 公狗 gung1 gau2 = a male dog ([粵]: 狗公) 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 See all 550 compounds (CantoDict reports 600 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 21 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]
間辦公室俾啲細路搞到立立亂。 粵
The office was turned upside-down by the kids. [[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]
佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。 粵
Show all 21 examplesHe stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job. [Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ] 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. |