公 gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- Made of
- 八 eight 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
公费
gōngfèi
public expense; state-funded
Characters in this word
费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公费培训名额有限，申请人必须说明学习成果将如何回馈单位。 Gōngfèi péixùn míng'é yǒuxiàn, shēnqǐngrén bìxū shuōmíng xuéxí chéngguǒ jiāng rúhé huíkuì dānwèi. Places for publicly funded training are limited, and applicants must explain how the learning outcomes will benefit their organisation.
- 学校派他公费去北京学习三个月。 Xuéxiào pài tā gōngfèi qù Běijīng xuéxí sān ge yuè. The school sent him to Beijing at its own expense to study for three months.
- 他是公费留学生，学成以后要回来工作。 Tā shì gōngfèi liúxuéshēng, xuéchéng yǐhòu yào huílái gōngzuò. He is a state-funded student abroad and must come back to work after finishing his studies.