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Definitions
- 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)
Example Sentences
1 shown瑪麗亞不喜歡在 公 開場合說話。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 公
elected by acclamation
public expenditure
to appeal to the public
government post in Han dynasty
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
to announce
male cat
corporate governance
Northwest Airlines
foreign company
Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
racing bicycle; road bike
publicly known (to be)
fair
aristocracy
just; fair; equitable
decaliter
open; overt; public
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
industrial accident
civility; public spirit
Snow White
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
metric system
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
kilometer per hour
subsidiary (company)
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[dí rén jié] as master sleuth
civil obligation
civil service
husband and wife
shared lounge; common room
public business
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[dí rén jié] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
public bond
paperless office
joint-stock company
public trust
Sun Microsystems
work-related matters
public switched telephone network
banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure
to formalize
stud
International Finance Corporation
Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[chūn qiū wǔ bà]
fair dealing
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[sūn zhōng shān]
see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng]
noble lady
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
highest common factor HCF
life insurance company
serving chopsticks
briefcase
common multiple
Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)
formula
CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Gong'an county in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[jīng zhōu], Hubei
club sandwich
company finance
Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
related company
unofficial; informal
Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company, Ltd., established 1997
male husky (dog)
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
meter (unit of length)
public opinion
public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gōng ān jú], 檢察院|检察院[jiǎn chá yuàn] and 法院[fǎ yuàn]
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
public trial (in a court of law)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
grand duchy
(coll.) eunuch
civil servant
to nationalize
to be away on business
Wuhan Iron and Steel
bus
kilogram (kg)
lord
mini bus (used for public transportation)
to settle in court (opposite: 私了[sī liǎo])
nominal
public placement (investing)
public law
hectogram
State Grid Corporation of China
Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic
postulate (math.)
equitable; fair
CE (Common Era)
square kilometer
to pursue public affairs
public opinion
male horse
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation
charity event
public opinion
hectare
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[chūn qiū], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[gōng yáng zhuàn]
centimeter
high sea
centigram
East India Company
hectometer
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
highway
public property
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]
public screening (of a movie)
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom)
public phone
office automation
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
publicly owned
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
government office
public servant
United Parcel Service (UPS)
administrative office
public good; public welfare; public interest
official business
conducting business impartially (idiom); to act justly
great-grandfather
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), area of economic cooperation between China and Vietnam
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
lowest common denominator
recurrence formula
public land
public facilities
arbitration (law)
to be on the government payroll
Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng])
to perform in public; to give a performance
every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公[xià huáng gōng] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] and purported author
arms company
joint-stock company
public cemetery
Chevron Corporation
government stake
company meeting
heaven
grand duke
judge's desk
(math.) common factor
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
multinational
to carry out official duties and observe the law
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
joint public private operation
Jingshan Park (park in Beijing)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
bus
crime against public order
fair competition
Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国[qín guó], ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
decagram
elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College)
Dagong Global Credit Rating, credit rating agency based in China
Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[bāo zhěng] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
common zeros (of system of equations)
cock
China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)
official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)
heroine (of a novel or film)
piggy (joking name)
prenuptial agreement
Luhu Park in central Guangzhou
liter
Taiwan Affairs Office
absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
subsidiary company
justice
duchess
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
the right to a fair trial
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)
business address
millimeter
limited company
state-run
work-related injury
brand of Hong Kong instant noodles
public
duke
Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Zeiss Company (Carl Zeiss AG, optical and opto-electronic industries. hq in Oberkochen, Germany)
kilometer
stud
to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments)
public place
public discussion
general office
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam
Potsdam Declaration
guild
Hong Kong Wetland Park, in Yuen Long, New Territories
duchess
banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials
deceased father
Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[guān yǔ])
husband's father
Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[zhōu wén wáng], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[xī zhōu], and is also known as the \God of Dreams\",2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 58260,39538,Zhou Bo (?-169 BC)
civil service
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically
to handle official business
public interest
government bond
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
corporations law; company law; corporate law
road network
to use public office to avenge private wrongs
stag
pimp
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
\Three Strategies of Huang Shigong\, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
selfless
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
expressway
(coll.) husband
open letter
unjust
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[chūn qiū], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[gōng yáng chūn qiū]
husband's father
Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name
openly
bulletin board
(computing) public network
routine business
district attorney
public school
ladies bicycle
public money
(law) obstructing government administration
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn]
Oval office (in the White House)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
buying and selling at fair prices
trading company
to commandeer
highest common factor HCF
least common multiple
Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
notary
bull
notary office
Gongzhuling, county-level city in Siping 四平, Jilin
fair-mindedness
public switched telephone network
fair
AT&T
public morality; social ethics
Eton public school (English elite school)
public key (in encryption)
formula
public courtroom accusation (idiom)
public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise 私營企業|私营企业[sī yíng qǐ yè]
the enemy of the people
foreign mission
Chrysler
Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Your Highness
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
civil society
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
public organization
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
ram (male sheep)
commune
Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
British telecom
the public sector of the economy
public hearing
China National Petroleum Corporation
functionary
public decision (by ballot)
public; common; communal
to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
to make public; to bring into the open
Hong Kong Association of Banks
shell company; shell corporation
Omega SA, Swiss luxury watchmaker
public hazard, nuisance
Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company)
notarization
official seal
decameter
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
The Coca-Cola Company
double-decker bus
Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC
Roman Catholicism
bus stop
Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Pacific Ocean
to send sb abroad at the government's expense
office
Caterpillar Inc.
official errand
Ministry of Public Security
Apple Inc.
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司
General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee
public security bureau
the axiomatic method
Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
head of a family
startup company
common multiple expression
army, civil service and education
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
apartment building
General Motors
to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)
office (room)
Legislative Affairs Office, LAO (PRC)
public ethics
service to the public
public holiday
China Mass Media International Advertising Corp
public memorial service
ring road
hot-desking
business class (airplane travel)
Qualcomm
milliliter
official letter
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC)
honorific title for Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí]
self-assessment
public property
public transport station
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
princes and dukes
Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
helmsman
fair value (accounting)
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
convention (i.e. international agreement)
public meeting
post
joint-stock limited company
official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
common factor
public transport
society
Gongzhuling, county-level city in Siping 四平, Jilin
public telephone network
Hibiya Park in central Tokyo
ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation)
people's commune
Unicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中國聯通|中国联通[zhōng guó lián tōng]
kiloliter
Procter & Gamble
state enterprise
to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
American Airlines
public
company; firm; corporation
Qinghai-Tibet Highway
subsidiary
playgirl
trade association
tolerance (allowed error)
public transport vehicle
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
civil rights
announcement
doll
\Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang\, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[lǐ jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
indignant
the parallel postulate (geometry)
China Airlines (Taiwan)
to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
airline
document
are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)
gram
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
altogether
listed company
self-evident truth
internationally recognized
public figure
Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
gentlemen (form of address)
plagiarist
cubic meter (m³)
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]
public relations
Siemens AG
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
public-spirited
parent company
apartment building
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
(sports) open championship
to announce to the world (idiom)
public administration
public housing
cheapskate
office (room or building)
son of an official
law court
public health
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Wimbledon Championships (tennis)
official reserves
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录
civil rights
your company
great uncle
(honorific) your father
Johnson & Johnson
office hours
Hewlett-Packard
public anger
Bailuwan Wetland Park, Chengdu
Mekong River Delta
in the course of doing one's work
government functionary
office building
Air France
Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
Chevron Corporation
office building
flag carrier
securities company
BCE (before the Common Era)
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[héng chūn bàn dǎo], Pingtung county, south Taiwan
subsidiary company
public prosecution
second-class citizen
see 三公經費|三公经费[sān gōng jīng fèi]
ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
public
tragedy of the commons (economics)
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[huái nán shì], Anhui
deciliter
to confiscate
lit. little princess
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
official account (on a social networking platform)
Microsoft Corporation
public housing
collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)
Principality of Hutt River (formerly Hutt River Province)
public safety officials
Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
husband's father
alternative name for 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
duchy
public holiday
Li Wei Gong
\three public expenditures\ of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles
to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday
princess
for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
(coll.) mother's father
boar
referendum
Alstom (company name)
Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
decimeter
citizen
playboy
Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Karakorum Highway, linking Pakistan and Xinjiang
park (for public recreation)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[huáng shí gōng] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[huáng shí gōng sān lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
fair
initial public offering (IPO)
public enemy
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
department store
at public expense
metric units
Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[shí mén], Changde 常德[cháng dé], Hunan
Liugong island in the Yellow sea
public (e.g. school, hospital)
to adequately take into account both public and private interests
male dog
Mekong River
husband's parents
Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing
parent company
public ownership
joint announcement
national park
polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
semiovert
public welfare funds
minister
(Ministry of) Public Security
public order
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
fair trade
public toilet
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
hectoliter
ton
(idiom) to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know
righteousness
justly
Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì]
United Technologies Corporation
public and private (interests, initiative etc)
Gregorian calendar
corporate bonds (finance)
to denounce
public utility
British Petroleum, BP
Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
public relations
to prosecute sb
Shell (oil company)
apartment building
wholly owned subsidiary
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
medical treatment at public expense
benefactor
public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
orbital revolution
large company
dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
referendum
Hyde Park
open forum
Air China Ltd.
CITIC
transnational corporation
road race
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd
to state openly
Methodists
Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC)
(software development) to do beta testing
quintal (100 kg)
common factor
aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
serving spoon
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
Air India
lit. briefcase company
plebiscite
grain collected by the government as tax
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
public transportation
DHL
Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[xī wèi], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[tǔ mén]
public election
property notarization