HSK 6 · Media

公告 gōnggào “announcement” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公告 means

  1. announcement
  2. public notice
  3. post

How to say 公告

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling

公告 in a sentence

  1. 学校在网站上发布了放假公告。

    Xuéxiào zài wǎngzhàn shàng fābù le fàngjià gōnggào.

    The school posted a holiday notice on its website.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请大家注意看门口的公告。

    Qǐng dàjiā zhùyì kàn ménkǒu de gōnggào.

    Please read the notice by the door.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 公告 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 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 公告

公 4 strokes · 告 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 公告

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 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant原告yuángào · plaintiff

More words: Media & Arts

对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release发行fāxíng · to issue稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript工艺品gōngyìpǐn · handicraft轰动hōngdòng · sensation节奏jiézòu · rhythm镜头jìngtóu · camera shot

FAQs

公告 (gōnggào) means “announcement” or “public notice”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōnggào: gōng with a 1st tone, then gào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公告 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gonggao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公告 from the suggestions. Typing gonggao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公告 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.