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
公仆
gōngpú
public servant
Characters in this word
仆 pú
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他常说干部不是特权阶层，而是必须接受人民监督的公仆。 Tā cháng shuō gànbù bú shì tèquán jiēcéng, ér shì bìxū jiēshòu rénmín jiāndū de gōngpú. He often says that officials are not a privileged class, but public servants who must accept the people's supervision.
- 他把自己当作为市民服务的公仆，从不摆架子。 Tā bǎ zìjǐ dàngzuò wèi shìmín fúwù de gōngpú, cóng bù bǎi jiàzi. He sees himself as a public servant working for the citizens and never puts on airs.
- 窗口的工作人员耐心地帮老人办手续，真是市民的好公仆。 Chuāngkǒu de gōngzuò rényuán nàixīn de bāng lǎorén bàn shǒuxù, zhēn shì shìmín de hǎo gōngpú. The staff at the counter patiently helped the elderly person with the paperwork, a real public servant for the citizens.