gōng

Definitions

  1. 1. public
  2. 2. collectively owned
  3. 3. common
  4. 4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. 5. make public
  6. 6. fair
  7. 7. just
  8. 8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
  9. 9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. 10. father-in-law
  11. 11. male (animal)

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Example Sentences

请不要在公共地方大声说话。

Qǐng búyào zài gōnggòng dìfang dàshēng shuōhuà.

Please don’t speak loudly in public places.

我们坐公共汽车去动物园。

Wǒmen zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù dòngwùyuán.

We take the bus to go to the zoo.

这个公园晚上也对大家开放。

Zhè gè gōngyuán wǎnshang yě duì dàjiā kāifàng.

This park is also open to everyone in the evening.