公司

Chinese

		just; honorable (designation); public just; honorable (designation); public; common	company; control
simp. and trad. (公司)		公	司

Etymology

From 公 ("public") + 司 ("department, to be in charge").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kûng-sṳ̂
• Min Nan (POJ): kong-si
• Wu (WT Romanisation): kon sr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
    • Yale: gūng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-sṳ̂
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-si
    • Tâi-lô: kong-si
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ³⁴⁻²² ɕi³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: kon sr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

公司 (classifier 個/个, 家)

1. company, firm
2. (dated) Kongsi, or "clan hall" (benevolent organisations of Overseas Chinese of the same origin)

Derived terms

• 航空公司 (hángkōng gōngsī)
• 基金公司 (jījīn gōngsī)
• 控股公司 (kònggǔ gōngsī)
• 有限公司 (yǒuxiàn gōngsī)
• 有限責任公司, 有限责任公司 (yǒuxiàn zérèn gōngsī)

See also

• Kongsi at Wikipedia

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	司
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

公司 (hiragana こうし, romaji kōshi)

1. company, firm - used for Chinese companies.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
公	司

Noun

公司

1. Hán tự form of công ty, "company, firm"