公 用

gōngyòng

“Public” in Chinese is 公用 (gōngyòng).

Meaning

public
for public use

Example

请问最近的公用电话在哪里?

Can you please tell me where the nearest public telephone is?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gōngHSK 24 strokespublic yòngHSK 15 strokesto use; to make use of; to employ

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