公共

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total
trad. (公共)		公	共
simp. #(公共)		公	共

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gōnggòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gong¹ gong⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гунгун (gungun, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gung⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-khiung

  (Hailu, HRS): gung^ˋ kiung^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹ kiung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-gê̤ṳng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ goeng⁵ / gorng¹ gyoeng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-kiōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ gang⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-gon₆
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹ gong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōnggòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gonggòng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kung⁴
    • Yale: gūng-gùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonggonq
    • Palladius: гунгун (gungun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gong¹ gong⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gunggung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ⁵⁵ koŋ²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гунгун (gungun, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴ kuŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gung⁶
    • Yale: gūng guhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-khiung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ kiung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ kiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˋ kiung^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ⁵³ kʰiuŋ³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹ kiung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰiʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-gê̤ṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøyŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ goeng⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² goeng⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-gē̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ kœŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ gyoeng⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² gyoeng⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ kyøŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kiōng
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkiong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ gang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong kāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-gon₆
    • MiniDict: kon^平 gon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-gon₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ɡoŋ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹ gong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³ kʊŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³ kən⁴⁵/

Adjective

公共

1. (attributive) public; communal

   公共秩序  ―  gōnggòng zhìxù  ―  public order

   公共開支／公共开支  ―  gōnggòng kāizhī  ―  public expenditure; public funding

   公共停車場／公共停车场  ―  gōnggòng tíngchēchǎng  ―  public parking

Synonyms

• 公用 (gōngyòng)
• 公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)

Derived terms

• 公共事業 / 公共事业 (gōnggòng shìyè)
• 公共交通 (gōnggòng jiāotōng)
• 公共受託機構 / 公共受托机构 (gōnggòng shòutuō jīgòu)
• 公共場所 / 公共场所 (gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ)
• 公共廁所 / 公共厕所 (gōnggòng cèsuǒ)
• 公共房屋 (gōnggòng fángwū)
• 公共政策 (gōnggòng zhèngcè)
• 公共歷史學 / 公共历史学 (gōnggòng lìshǐxué)
• 公共汽車 / 公共汽车 (gōnggòng qìchē)
• 公共物品 (gōnggòng wùpǐn)
• 公共知識分子 / 公共知识分子
• 公共私營合作制 / 公共私营合作制 (gōnggòng sīyíng hézuò zhì)
• 公共積累 / 公共积累 (gōnggòng jīlěi)
• 公共衛生 / 公共卫生 (gōnggòng wèishēng)
• 公共部門 / 公共部门 (gōnggòng bùmén)
• 公共關係 / 公共关系

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公共):

• → Japanese: 公(こう)共(きょう) (kōkyō)
• → Korean: 공공(公共) (gonggong)
• → Vietnamese: công cộng (公共)

Further reading

• “公共”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	共
こう Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) こーきょー [kòókyóó] (Heiban – [0])

Adjective

公(こう)共(きょう) • (kōkyō) ^{←こうきよう (koukyou)?}

1. of the public; being common

Derived terms

• 公(こう)共(きょう)事(じ)業(ぎょう) (kōkyōjigyō): public works

References

• “公共”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	共

Noun

公共 • (gonggong) (hangeul 공공)

1. hanja form^? of 공공 (“public”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	共

Noun

公共

1. chữ Hán form of công cộng (“public”)