公所

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)
trad. (公所)		公	所
simp. #(公所)		公	所

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ so²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-só

  (Hailu, HRS): gung^ˋ so^ˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-so³
    • Yale: gūng-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsuoo
    • Palladius: гунсо (gunso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ so²
    • Yale: gūng só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ so^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ so³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ so³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˋ so^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ⁵³ so²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-só͘
    • Tâi-lô: kong-sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

公所

1. (dated in Mainland China) government office
2. (Taiwan) administrative office of a rural township, urban township, county-administered city, district, or indigenous mountain district in a special municipality
3. (historical) a kind of trade association

Derived terms

• 區公所 / 区公所 (qūgōngsuǒ)
• 市公所 (shìgōngsuǒ)
• 鄉公所 / 乡公所 (xiānggōngsuǒ)
• 鎮公所 / 镇公所 (zhèngōngsuǒ)