公私

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	personal; private; selfish
simp. and trad. (公私)		公	私

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
Min Nan (POJ): kong-su / kong-sir

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: gōngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    公司
    公私
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
  - Yale: gūng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    公司
    公私
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-su
  - Tâi-lô: kong-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-sir
  - Tâi-lô: kong-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sɯ³³/

Noun

公私

public and private; official and private

Derived terms

公私兩便／公私两便
公私兩全／公私两全
公私兩濟／公私两济
公私兩盡／公私两尽

公私兼顧／公私兼顾
公私分明
公私合營／公私合营
公私皆辦／公私皆办

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Malay kongsi, in turn from Chinese 公司 (“company”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
Min Nan (POJ): kong-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: gōngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    公司
    公私
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
  - Yale: gūng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    公司
    公私
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-si
  - Tâi-lô: kong-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsy
  - IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕi³³/

Verb

公私

(Malaysia) to share; to use or enjoy together

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	私
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

公私 (hiragana こうし, rōmaji kōshi)

public and private, official and private
公 (こう)私 (し)を混 (こん)同 (どう)するべきではない。
Kōshi o kondō suru beki de wa nai.
Do not mix your public and private life.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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