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Mandarin · pinyin gòng

Meanings

  1. common
  2. general
  3. to share
  4. together
  5. total
  6. altogether
  7. abbr. for 共產黨 Gòng chǎn dǎng, Communist party
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gòng · together with, all, total; to share
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4 · gong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gung1 · gung2 · gung6

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character · Etymology 1

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

character · Etymology 2

  1. a surname

character · Etymology 3

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

character · Etymology 4

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

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