公
事

Work-related matters in Chinese: 公事 (gōng shì)

gōng shì

work-related matters

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1work-related matters
  2. 2documents

Stroke order

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公
事

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这是公事，不是私人的事情。

    zhè shì gōng shì， bú shì sī rén de shì qíng。

    This is official business, not a personal matter.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

公

gōng

public

公斤

gōng jīn

kilogram (kg)

公司

gōng sī

company

事情

shì qing

affair

公园

gōng yuán

park (for public recreation)

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

公里

gōng lǐ

kilometer

从事

cóng shì

to go for

公布

gōng bù

to announce

公开

gōng kāi

open

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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