公益

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	benefit; increase
trad. (公益)		公	益
simp. #(公益)		公	益

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jik¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-iak / kong-ek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ iah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongyì
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-i⁴
    • Yale: gūng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyih
    • Palladius: гунъи (gunʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ jik¹
    • Yale: gūng yīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-iak
    • Tâi-lô: kong-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'iag
    • IPA (Hui'an): /kɔŋ³³ iak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ek
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'eg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ iah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong iah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ iaʔ²/

Noun

公益

1. the public good; the common good; the public interest

   熱心公益／热心公益  ―  rèxīn gōngyì  ―  to be enthusiastic in promoting the public good

Derived terms

• 公益事業／公益事业 (gōngyì shìyè)
• 公益團體／公益团体 (gōngyì tuántǐ)
• 公益廣告／公益广告 (gōngyì guǎnggào)
• 公益性 (gōngyìxìng)
• 公益捐
• 公益軟體／公益软体
• 公益金 (gōngyìjīn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公益):

• → Japanese: 公益(こうえき) (kōeki)
• → Korean: 공익(公益) (gong'ik)
• → Vietnamese: công ích (公益)

Proper noun

公益

1. (～村) Gongyi (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	益
こう Grade: 2	えき Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

公(こう)益(えき) • (kōeki) 

1. public welfare, public benefit, public interest

Antonyms

• 私益(しえき) (shieki, “private interest”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	益

Noun

公益 • (gong'ik) (hangeul 공익)

1. Hanja form^? of 공익 (“public interest”).