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
公款
gōngkuǎn
public funds
Characters in this word
款 kuǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 挪用公款不仅违反纪律，也会削弱公众对机构的基本信任。 Nuóyòng gōngkuǎn bùjǐn wéifǎn jìlǜ, yě huì xuēruò gōngzhòng duì jīgòu de jīběn xìnrèn. Misappropriating public funds not only violates discipline, but also weakens the public's basic trust in institutions.
- 这笔公款只能用来修学校，不能挪作他用。 Zhè bǐ gōngkuǎn zhǐ néng yòng lái xiū xuéxiào, bù néng nuózuò tā yòng. This public money can only be used to repair schools and cannot be diverted to other uses.
- 财务人员每个月都要仔细检查公款的使用情况。 Cáiwù rényuán měi ge yuè dōu yào zǐxì jiǎnchá gōngkuǎn de shǐyòng qíngkuàng. The finance staff must carefully check how public funds are used every month.