公用

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to use
trad. (公用)		公	用
simp. ^#(公用)		公	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-yung
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-iōng / kong-ēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongyòng
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-yung⁴
  - Yale: gūng-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyonq
  - Palladius: гунъюн (gunʺjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    供用
    公用
    功用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ jung⁶
  - Yale: gūng yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
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    供用
    公用
    功用
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: kong-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: kong-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'eng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

公用

to be for public use; to be communal

Adjective

公用

(attributive) public; communal

Synonyms

公共 (gōnggòng)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)

Derived terms

公用事業 / 公用事业 (gōngyòng shìyè)
公用電話 / 公用电话 (gōngyòng diànhuà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	用
こう Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

公(こう)用(よう) • (kōyō)

for government use
for public use
government business

Antonyms

私(し)用(よう) (shiyō, “for personal use”)

Derived terms

公用語