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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 公事

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
公事 gōng shì - work-related matters
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List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 6,030 30,791 28,753

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gōng- public
- collectively owned
- common
- international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
- make public
- fair
- just
- Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- honorable (gentlemen)
- father-in-law
- male (animal)
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Other Words Containing 公事

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
公事 - 7 6,030 30,791 28,753
例行公事 - - 11,827 52,782 51,123
公事公办 - - 18,803 69,129 49,931