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公

gōng · gong

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi)
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

硬(yìng)币(bì)的(de)一(yí)面(miàn)叫(jiào)做(zuò)"公(gōng)"，另(lìng)一(yí)面(miàn)叫(jiào)做(zuò)"字(zì)"。

One side of the coin is called 'heads', and the other is called 'tails'.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)有(yǒu)三(sān)只(zhī)狗(gǒu)，其(qí)中(zhōng)一(yì)只(zhī)是(shì)公(gōng)的(de)，另(lìng)外(wài)两(liǎng)只(zhī)是(shì)母(mǔ)的(de)。

I have three dogs. One is male and the other two are female.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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