HSK 6 · Work

公关 gōngguān “public relations” in Chinese

Traditional 公關

What 公关 means

  1. public relations
  2. PR

How to say 公关

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level

公关 in a sentence

  1. 他们公司的公关团队非常强悍。

    Tāmen gōngsī de gōngguān tuánduì fēicháng qiánghàn.

    Their company’s PR team is very strong.

    Sentence #2456628 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公关 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 关 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
关guānmountain pass
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 天sky · tiān

Memory aidSimplified from 關, a bar fastened across a gate 門: to close, to shut.

How to write 公关

公 4 strokes · 关 6 strokes

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公关 (gōngguān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 公关 (gōngguān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 公关

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关guān · to close关心guānxīn · concerned about/with关系guānxi · relation关于guānyú · about关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to有关yǒuguān · to be related to关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)关键guānjiàn · crucial point关闭guānbì · to close

More words: Work & Career

副fù · deputy附属fùshǔ · affiliated盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)岗位gǎngwèi · post功劳gōngláo · credit公务gōngwù · official business骨干gǔgàn · backbone规划guīhuà · plan

FAQs

公关 (gōngguān) means “public relations” or “PR”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngguān: gōng with a 1st tone, then guān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 公关 is written 公關. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公关 from the suggestions. Typing gongguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公关 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.