公益

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	benefit; increase
trad. (公益)		公	益
simp. ^#(公益)		公	益

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-iak / kong-ek

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ iah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongyì
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-i⁴
  - Yale: gūng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyih
  - Palladius: гунъи (gunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    公意
    公益
    公義 / 公义
    公議 / 公议
    工役
    工藝 / 工艺
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ jik¹
  - Yale: gūng yīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-iak
  - Tâi-lô: kong-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'iag
  - IPA (Hui'an): /kɔŋ³³ iak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ek
  - Tâi-lô: kong-ik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'eg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ iah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong iah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ iaʔ²/

Noun

公益

the public good; the common good; the public interest
熱心公益／热心公益 ― rèxīn gōngyì ― to be enthusiastic in promoting the public good

Derived terms

公益事業 / 公益事业 (gōngyì shìyè)
公益團體 / 公益团体 (gōngyì tuántǐ)
公益廣告 / 公益广告 (gōngyì guǎnggào)
公益性 (gōngyìxìng)
公益捐
公益軟體 / 公益软体
公益金 (gōngyìjīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公益):

→ Japanese: 公益(こうえき) (kōeki)
→ Korean: 공익(公益) (gong'ik)
→ Vietnamese: công ích (公益)

Proper noun

公益

(～村) Gongyi (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	益
こう Grade: 2	えき Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーえき [kòóékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːe̞kʲi]

Noun

公(こう)益(えき) • (kōeki)

public welfare, public benefit, public interest

Antonyms

私益(しえき) (shieki, “private interest”)

Derived terms

公益(こうえき)委(い)員(いん) (kōeki iin)
公益(こうえき)信託(しんたく) (kōeki shintaku)
公益(こうえき)事(じ)業(ぎょう) (kōeki jigyō)
公益(こうえき)法人(ほうじん) (kōeki hōjin)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	益

Noun

公益 • (gong'ik) (hangeul 공익)

hanja form^? of 공익 (“public interest”)