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
公职
gōngzhí
public office; public post
Characters in this word
职 zhí
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 担任公职意味着必须接受更严格的利益冲突审查。 Dānrèn gōngzhí yìwèizhe bìxū jiēshòu gèng yángé de lìyì chōngtū shěnchá. Holding public office means having to undergo stricter conflict-of-interest reviews.
- 他毕业后一直想考公职，觉得那样的生活比较稳定。 Tā bìyè hòu yìzhí xiǎng kǎo gōngzhí, juéde nàyàng de shēnghuó bǐjiào wěndìng. After graduating he always wanted to take the exam for a government post, feeling that kind of life was more stable.
- 她父亲退休前在市政府担任公职三十年。 Tā fùqin tuìxiū qián zài shìzhèngfǔ dānrèn gōngzhí sānshí nián. Before retiring, her father held a public post in the city government for thirty years.