公
gōng
Meaning of 公 in English
gōngHSK 6adjectiveSyllabus #4050
- public
- collectively owned
- common
- international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
- make public
- fair
- just
- Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
Example sentences
- 我有三只狗,其中一只是公的,另外两只是母的。wǒ yǒu sān zhǐ gǒu, qí zhōng yī zhī shì gōng de, lìng wài liǎng zhǐ shì mǔ de。I have three dogs. One is male and the other two are female.
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