公私

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-su / kong-sir

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsih
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: gūng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
    • Palladius: гунсы (gunsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
    • Yale: gūng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (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

1. 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 (gōngsījiāngù)
• 公私分明
• 公私合營／公私合营 (gōngsī héyíng)
• 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): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsih
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: gūng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsy
    • Palladius: гунсы (gunsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 公司 公私

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ si¹
    • Yale: gūng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 公司 公私

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-si
    • Tâi-lô: kong-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsy
    • IPA (Singapore): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ si³³/

Verb

公私

1. (Malaysia and Singapore) 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(こう)私(し) • (kōshi) 

1. public and private, official and private

   公私(こうし)を混同(こんどう)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.