HSK 3 · Common Objects

公斤 gōngjīn “kilogram” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公斤 means

  1. kilogram
  2. kilogram (kg)

How to say 公斤

  • 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斤jīn1st tone, high and level

公斤 in a sentence

  1. 他比我重十公斤。

    Tā bǐ wǒ zhòng shí gōngjīn.

    He’s ten kilos heavier than me.

    Sentence #563627 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个夏天我胖了两公斤。

    Zhè ge xiàtiān wǒ pàng le liǎng gōngjīn.

    I put on two kilos this summer.

    Sentence #8832014 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 能不能请您给我一公斤牛排？

    Néng bu néng qǐng nín gěi wǒ yì gōngjīn niúpái?

    Could you give me a kilo of steak, please?

    Sentence #465822 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公斤 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 斤 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
斤jīncatty
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 下below · xià

Memory aidDrawn from an axe. Today it is a unit of weight, half a kilo.

How to write 公斤

公 4 strokes · 斤 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 公斤

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus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)公寓gōngyù · apartment building

Words with 斤

斤jīn · jin (unit of weight

More words: Everyday Things

电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email段duàn · paragraph分fēn · divide根据gēnjù · according to公园gōngyuán · public park关系guānxi · relation机会jīhuì · opportunity角jiǎo · horn

FAQs

公斤 (gōngjīn) means “kilogram” or “kilogram (kg)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it gōngjīn: gōng with a 1st tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公斤 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公斤 from the suggestions. Typing gongjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公斤 is an HSK 3 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.