公
gōng HSK2

public

公 gōng
public noun
public, collectively owned, common, or international (e.g. the metric system or calendar)

我们要做到一心为公，全心全意为人民服务。

wǒ​men yào zuò​dào yī​xīn wèi gōng, quán​xīn​quán​yì wèi rén​mín fú​wù.

We should be dedicated to the public good and serve the people heart and soul.

fair adjective
fair, just, or impartial

他办事向来极公，从来不偏袒任何人。

tā bàn​shì xiàng​lái jí gōng, cóng​lái bù piān​tǎn rèn​hé rén.

He has always been very impartial in his dealings and never shows favoritism to anyone.

male adjective
male (referring to animals)

隔壁家养的那只小猫是公的。

gé​bì jiā yǎng de nà zhī xiǎo māo shì gōng de.

The kitten next door is a male.

father-in-law noun
the father of one's husband

她的公公婆婆对她非常照顾。

tā de gōng gōng pó​po duì tā fēi​cháng zhào​gu.

Her parents-in-law take very good care of her.

duke proper name
duke, the highest of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility

周公是中国古代著名的政治家。

Zhōu gōng shì Zhōng​guó gǔ​dài zhù​míng de zhèng​zhì​jiā.

Duke of Zhou was a famous statesman in ancient China.

honorable proper name
a respectful term of address for a gentleman or senior

诸公请听我一言。

zhū gōng qǐng tīng wǒ yī yán.

Gentlemen, please hear me out.

make public expression
to make public or reveal to the world

他决定将这件丑闻公诸于世。

tā jué​dìng jiāng zhè jiàn chǒu​wén gōng​zhū​yú​shì.

He decided to make this scandal public.

Frequency
Character
Written text
115th most common 1646.6 per million
Movie subtitles
211th most common 838.8 per million appears in 92% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.9 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
158.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+516C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)