保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn 公用 gōng yòng public / for public use 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage syn 公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification 采购网 采購網 Procurement Network 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 采购管理 采購管理 procurement management 公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:座[zuo4] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn 公众 公眾 gōng zhòng public syn 公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 公布 公佈 gōng bù to announce / to make public / to publish syn 开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public) / financial 露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn 公关 公關 gōng guān public relations 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 公务员 公務員 gōng wù yuán civil servant / public servant syn 公墓 gōng mù public cemetery 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 公共场所 公共場所 gōng gòng chǎng suǒ public place 公款 gōng kuǎn public money syn 舆论 輿論 yú lùn public opinion syn 公诉人 公訴人 gōng sù rén district attorney / public prosecutor / procurator 公用电话 公用電話 gōng yòng diàn huà public phone / CL:部[bu4] syn 公诉 公訴 gōng sù public prosecution / criminal prosecution 场子 場子 chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place / public venue syn 声张 聲張 shēng zhāng to make public / to disclose syn 首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing 水族馆 水族館 shuǐ zú guǎn aquarium (open to the public) 首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing 知名度 zhī míng dù reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness syn 国立 國立 guó lì national / state-run / public syn 台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake 披露 pī lù to reveal / to publish / to make public / to announce syn 公演 gōng yǎn to perform in public / to give a performance syn 浴池 yù chí public bath syn 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 众矢之的 眾矢之的 zhòng shǐ zhī dì lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom) / the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides syn 公厕 公廁 gōng cè public toilet 国库 國庫 guó kù public purse / state treasury / national exchequer 公仆 公僕 gōng pú public servant / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 澡堂 zǎo táng public baths syn 卖座 賣座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public / high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc) 公物 gōng wù public property syn 社会名流 社會名流 shè huì míng liú celebrity / public figure syn 公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service / public office / government job 节假日 節假日 jié jià rì public holiday syn 抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn to show your face in public (derog.) syn 公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business / official work syn 公诸于世 公諸於世 gōng zhū yú shì to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know syn 国有 國有 guó yǒu nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned syn 报告会 報告會 bào gào huì public lecture (with guest speakers etc) 公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie) syn 风化 風化 fēng huà decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion 公费 公費 gōng fèi at public expense 市集 shì jí fair / market (in a public place) / small town syn 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain / to grope a woman or girl syn 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 公审 公審 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 误点 誤點 wù diǎn not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed syn 鸣谢 鳴謝 míng xiè to express gratitude (esp. in public) / vote of thanks syn 公开化 公開化 gōng kāi huà to make public / to bring into the open 公用事业 公用事業 gōng yòng shì yè public 环卫 環衛 huán wèi public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生[huan2 jing4 wei4 sheng1] 批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution) 公愤 公憤 gōng fèn public anger / popular indignation syn 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 