Chinese words starting with “gong”
84 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable gong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 27 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial g · final ong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 72
- 3rd tone 2
- 4th tone 10
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 工作gōng zuòHSK 1
to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
- 公司gōng sīHSK 2
company; firm; corporation
- 攻击gōng jīHSK 6
to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
- 共同gòng tóngHSK 3
common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 公开gōng kāiHSK 3
open; overt; public; to make public; to release
- 公园gōng yuánHSK 2
park (for public recreation)
- 功能gōng néngHSK 3
function; capability
- 公平gōng píngHSK 2
fair; impartial
- 工具gōng jùHSK 3
tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- 公共gōng gòngHSK 3
public; common; communal
- 公路gōng lùHSK 2
highway; road
- 工人gōng rénHSK 1
worker
- 公里gōng lǐHSK 2
kilometer
- 工资gōng zīHSK 3
wages; pay
- 公布gōng bùHSK 3
to announce; to make public; to publish
- 工厂gōng chǎngHSK 3
factory
- 公民gōng mínHSK 3
citizen
- 工业gōng yèHSK 3
industry
- 功夫gōng fuHSK 3
skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- 公斤gōng jīnHSK 2
kilogram (kg)
- 工程师gōng chéng shīHSK 3
engineer
- 共有gòng yǒuHSK 3
to have altogether; in all
- 公务员gōng wù yuánHSK 3
functionary; office-bearer
- 功课gōng kèHSK 3
homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study
All 84 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 共 | gòng | d,g,b | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 2 | 供 | gōng | v | to provide; to supply | |
| 3 | 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | v | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 4 | 公 | gōng | g,b | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 5 | 工程 | gōng chéng | n | engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking | |
| 6 | 公众 | gōng zhòng | n | public | |
| 7 | 公主 | gōng zhǔ | n | princess | |
| 8 | 公寓 | gōng yù | n | apartment building; block of flats | |
| 9 | 贡献 | gòng xiàn | n,v | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 10 | 宫 | gōng | g,nr | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 11 | 供应 | gōng yìng | vn,v | to supply; to provide; to offer | |
| 12 | 公正 | gōng zhèng | a,ad,an | just; fair; equitable | |
| 13 | 攻 | gōng | v,vn | to attack; to accuse; to study | |
| 14 | 功 | gōng | n | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 15 | 共享 | gòng xiǎng | v,vn | to share; to enjoy together | |
| 16 | 工会 | gōng huì | n | labor union; trade union | |
| 17 | 共和国 | gòng hé guó | n | republic | |
| 18 | 公积金 | gōng jī jīn | official reserves; accumulated fund | ||
| 19 | 工地 | gōng dì | n | construction site | |
| 20 | 共识 | gòng shí | n | common understanding; consensus | |
| 21 | 公告 | gōng gào | n,v | post; announcement | |
| 22 | 供给 | gōng jǐ | vn,v | to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand) | |
| 23 | 公车 | gōng chē | n | bus; abbr. for 公共汽车; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公务用车 | |
| 24 | 公关 | gōng guān | n | public relations | |
| 25 | 公务 | gōng wù | n | official business | |
| 26 | 弓 | gōng | n,v | a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc) | |
| 27 | 公益 | gōng yì | n | public good; public welfare; public interest | |
| 28 | 功劳 | gōng láo | n | contribution; meritorious service; credit | |
| 29 | 巩固 | gǒng gù | v,vn | to consolidate; consolidation; to strengthen | |
| 30 | 工艺 | gōng yì | n | arts and crafts; industrial arts | |
| 31 | 公式 | gōng shì | n | formula | |
| 32 | 公认 | gōng rèn | v | publicly known (to be); accepted (as) | |
| 33 | 公道 | gōng dào | a,an | justice; fairness; public highway | |
| 34 | 公款 | gōng kuǎn | n | public money | |
| 35 | 共鸣 | gòng míng | vn,v | (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response | |
| 36 | 宫殿 | gōng diàn | n | palace | |
| 37 | 功效 | gōng xiào | n | efficacy | |
| 38 | 公然 | gōng rán | d | openly; publicly; undisguised | |
| 39 | 公元 | gōng yuán | n | CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini) | |
| 40 | 公共场所 | gōng gòng chǎng suǒ | n | public place | |
| 41 | 拱 | gǒng | v,g | to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched | |
| 42 | 公安 | gōng ān | n | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 43 | 公约 | gōng yuē | n | convention (i.e. international agreement) | |
| 44 | 公益性 | gōngyì xìng | Public welfare | ||
| 45 | 工作日 | gōng zuò rì | n | workday; working day; weekday | |
| 46 | 恭维 | gōng wei | v,vn | to praise; to speak highly of; compliment; praise | |
| 47 | 宫廷 | gōng tíng | n | court (of king or emperor) | |
| 48 | 功率 | gōng lǜ | n | rate of work; power (output) | |
| 49 | 功力 | gōng lì | n | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 50 | 工商 | gōng shāng | n | industry and commerce |
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