公私

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	personal; private; selfish
trad. (公私)		公	私
simp. ^#(公私)		公	私

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-su / kong-sir

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongsih
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: gūng-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
  - Palladius: гунсы (gunsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    公司
    公私
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
  - Yale: gūng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    公司
    公私
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-su
  - Tâi-lô: kong-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sir
  - Tâi-lô: kong-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sɯ³³/

Noun

公私

public and private; official and private

Derived terms

公私兩便 / 公私两便
公私兩全 / 公私两全
公私兩濟 / 公私两济
公私兩盡 / 公私两尽
公私兼顧 / 公私兼顾 (gōngsījiāngù)
公私分明
公私合營 / 公私合营 (gōngsī héyíng)
公私皆辦 / 公私皆办

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Malay kongsi, in turn from Chinese 公司 (“company”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongsih
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: gūng-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
  - Palladius: гунсы (gunsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    公司
    公私
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
  - Yale: gūng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    公司
    公私
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-si
  - Tâi-lô: kong-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsy
  - IPA (Singapore): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

Verb

公私

(Malaysia and Singapore) to share; to use or enjoy together

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	私
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

公(こう)私(し) • (kōshi)

public and private, official and private
公私(こうし)を混同(こんどう)するべきではない。
Kōshi o kondō suru beki de wa nai.
Do not mix your public and private life.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.