公 (gōng) means Public (official). Below are 24 of the 264 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
成绩明天 公 布。
Chéngjì míngtiān gōngbù.
The results will be announced tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公布
公 园里的草很绿。
Gōngyuán lǐ de cǎo hěn lǜ.
The grass in the park is very green.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 草
公 园里有很多花。
Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō huā.
There are lots of flowers in the park.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 公园
公 园里的树很高。
Gōngyuán lǐ de shù hěn gāo.
The trees in the park are very tall.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 树
他每天跑五 公 里。
Tā měi tiān pǎo wǔ gōnglǐ.
He runs five kilometres every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 公里
小女孩想当 公 主。
Xiǎo nǚhái xiǎng dāng gōngzhǔ.
The little girl wants to be a princess.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公主
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From the graded readers
我和朋友想去 公 园。
wǒ hé péngyou xiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My friend and I wanted to go to the park.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
八点半我必须到 公 司。
bā diǎn bàn wǒ bìxū dào gōngsī.
I have to be at the office by half past eight.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
到 公 司的时候，已经八点四十了。
dào gōngsī de / dì shíhou, yǐjīng bā diǎn sìshí le / liǎo / liào.
When I got to the office it was already 8:40.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
上个星期天，我们本来要去 公 园玩。
shànggexīngqī tiān, wǒmen běnlái yāo qù gōngyuán wán / wàn.
Last Sunday we were supposed to go and play in the park.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
弟弟很不高兴，因为他很想去 公 园。
dìdi hěn bù gāoxìng, yīnwèi tā hěnxiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My little brother was upset, because he'd really wanted to go.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
最后弟弟说：“今天比去 公 园还好玩。”
zuìhòu dìdi shuō:" jīntiān bǐ qù gōngyuán hái / huán hǎo / hào wán / wàn."
In the end my brother said, "Today was even more fun than the park."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
那家 公 司在市中心，坐地铁要四十分钟。
nà / nèi jiā gōngsī zài shì zhōngxīn, zuò dìtiě yāo sìshí fēnzhōng.
The company is in the city centre, forty minutes by underground.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
公 司有一个很重要的项目，我是负责人。
gōngsī yǒu yīgè hěn zhòngyào de / dì xiàngmù, wǒ shì fùzé rén.
The company had an important project and I was leading it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
到了 公 司，同事们也没有跟我说纪念日快乐。
dàole gōngsī, tóngshì men yě méiyǒu gēn wǒ shuō jìniànrì kuàilè.
At the office, none of my colleagues said happy anniversary either.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
他说：“多少人想进这样的 公 司都进不去。”
tā shuō:" duōshao rén xiǎng jìn zhèyàng de / dì gōngsī dōu jìn bù qù."
He said, "Plenty of people would give anything to get into a company like that."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
那天我先坐 公 共汽车去了商场，又去了图书馆。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ xiān zuò gōnggòngqìchē qùle shāngchǎng, yòu qùle túshūguǎn.
That day I'd taken the bus to the shopping centre, then gone to the library.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
我们是工厂，不是贸易 公 司。
Wǒmen shì gōngchǎng, bú shì màoyì gōngsī.
We're a factory, not a trading company.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
公 appears in 264 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 公
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Questions about 公
How is 公 used in a sentence?
This page shows 264 sentences using 公 (gōng, "Public (official)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 公 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 公 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 公?
The dictionary page for 公 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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