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| Pronunciation |
: |
gōng |
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| Meaning |
: |
- public; state-owned; collective. (adj)
- equitable; impartial; fair; just. (adj)
- male (of animals). (adj)
- husband’s father; father-in-law. (n)
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| Radical |
: |
八 |
| Strokes |
: |
4 |
| Traditional |
: |
公 |
| Usage |
: |
55.5% |
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Sentences:
| 1. A bus has just passed by. |
| yí |
liàng |
gōng |
gòng |
qì |
chē |
gāng |
guò |
qu |
。 |
| 一 |
辆 |
公 |
共 |
汽 |
车 |
刚 |
过 |
去 |
。 |
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| 一 |
: |
(numeral) one |
| 辆 |
: |
(measure word) used for vehicles |
| 公共 |
: |
public |
| 汽车 |
: |
automobile, motor vehicle |
| 公共汽车 |
: |
bus |
| 刚 |
: |
only a short while ago, just |
| 过去 |
: |
pass by |
|
| 2. God is fair. |
| shàng |
tiān |
shì |
gōng |
píng |
de |
。 |
| 上 |
天 |
是 |
公 |
平 |
的 |
。 |
|
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|
| 上天 |
: |
God |
| 是 |
: |
is |
| 公平 |
: |
equal, impartial, fair |
| 的 |
: |
(particle) used to form a noun phrase or nominal expression |
|
| 3. The rooster is crowing. |
| gōng |
jī |
tí |
le |
。 |
| 公 |
鸡 |
啼 |
了 |
。 |
|
|
|
|
| 公 |
: |
male animal |
| 鸡 |
: |
chicken |
| 公鸡 |
: |
rooster |
| 啼 |
: |
crow |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) indicating that something has happened or is about to happen |
|
| 4. Her father-in-law has passed away. |
| tā |
de |
gōng |
gong |
qù |
shì |
le |
。 |
| 她 |
的 |
公 |
公 |
去 |
世 |
了 |
。 |
|
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| 她的 |
: |
her |
| 公公 |
: |
father-in-law. (informally, for spoken dialect, 公公 also means grandfather) |
| 去世 |
: |
pass away |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
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