gōng
公 (gōng) is a Chinese word meaning “public; collectively owned; common”.
Meanings
- 1public
- 2collectively owned
- 3common
- 4international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
- 5make public
- 6fair
- 7just
- 8Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 9honorable (gentlemen)
- 10father-in-law
- 11male (animal)
- Part of speech
- adjective
Related words
公司company; firm; corporation办公室office; business premises公寓apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4])公平fair公园park (for public recreation)公主princess老公(coll.) husband老公(coll.) eunuch公开open; overt; public公路highway公众public公共public; common; communal