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共

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggung6#

with

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggung1#

an alternative form for 恭, respectful
an alternative form for 供, to offer in worship

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggung2#

an alternative form for 拱, to cup one's hands in obesisance or greeting

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggung6#

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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gung66 · low level

gung11 · high level

gung22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

gung公gung1head of a gang or mafia 拱gung2to cup one's hands in salute 贡gung3wander around with no aimgung4—gung5—共gung6common

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

共

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

共 gòng CC-CEDICT · Mandarincommon; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨 Gòng chǎn dǎng, Communist party

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: gong4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gung1 · gung2 · gung6

Cantonese word readings for 共. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

common
together
to share
altogether
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 共產黨／共产党 (gòngchǎndǎng, “communist party”)
short for 共產黨／共产党 (gòngchǎndǎng, “communist party”) — (specifically) the Communist Party of China
(literary or dialectal) and
(literary or Eastern Min, Hokkien) with; to
(Eastern Min, Hokkien, dated in Cantonese) for
(Hokkien) Used in imperative sentences for emphasis
(Eastern Min, Hokkien) Particle introducing the object of the verb

character · Etymology 2

a surname

character · Etymology 3

(literary) alternative form of 供 (“to provide”)
(literary) alternative form of 恭 (gōng, “respectful”)
(literary) alternative form of 宮 /宫 (gōng, “castration (as punishment)”)

character · Etymology 4

(literary) alternative form of 拱 (gǒng, “to fold the hands in front of the breast; to surround”)

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