HSK 6 · Science

公式 gōngshì “formula” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公式 means

  1. formula

How to say 公式

  • 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式shì4th tone, falling

公式 in a sentence

  1. 你知道这些公式是从哪里来的吗？

    Nǐ zhīdao zhèxiē gōngshì shì cóng nǎlǐ lái de ma?

    Do you know where these formulas come from?

    Sentence #839803 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公式 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 式 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
式shìtype
  • 弋shoot · yì
  • 工work · gōng

How to write 公式

公 4 strokes · 式 6 strokes

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

Words related to 公式

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 式

正式zhèngshì · formal方式fāngshì · way形式xíngshì · form样式yàngshì · type开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony款式kuǎnshì · style仪式yíshì · ceremony格式géshì · format模式móshì · pattern

More words: Science & Technology

腐蚀fǔshí · to corrode钙gài · calcium杠杆gànggǎn · lever更新gēngxīn · to update固体gùtǐ · solid (matter)故障gùzhàng · fault航天hángtiān · spaceflight合成héchéng · to synthesise

FAQs

公式 (gōngshì) means “formula”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngshì: gōng with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公式 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公式 from the suggestions. Typing gongshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公式 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.