共 (gung6 | gong4) : common; altogether; together

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共

gung6

gong4

[1] [adj] common; general; same
[2] [adv] altogether; in all; in total
[3] [adv] together; jointly; in company
[4] [n] short for Communist Party

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 八 (#12)

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

共

This word has been viewed 17548 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Jul 2013 10:55

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

共產 gung6 caan2 gong4 chan3 = communist

共和 gung6 wo4 gong4 he2 = republican, republicanism, republic; (placename) Kung Wo

共和國 gung6 wo4 gwok3 gong4 he2 guo2 = republic

公共 gung1 gung6 gong1 gong4 = public

總共 zung2 gung6 zong3 gong4 = in total; in all; altogether

一共 jat1 gung6 yi1 gong4 = in total; in all; altogether

共同 gung6 tung4 gong4 tong2 = common, joint(ly), together, collaborative

米田共 mai5 tin4 gung6 = euphemism for poo, excrement or dung

反共 faan2 gung6 fan3 gong4 = anti-Communist
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中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

租金係,等我諗諗先,噢係嘞,總共萬一文。粵
The rent is, just let me get it right, oh yes, 11,000 dollars altogether.
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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 共
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