HSK 2 · Places

公司 gōngsī “company” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公司 means

  1. company
  2. firm
  3. corporation

Measure word 家 jiā · 一家公司 yì jiā gōngsī

How to say 公司

  • 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司sī1st tone, high and level

公司 in a sentence

  1. 他在哪家公司工作？

    Tā zài nǎ jiā gōngsī gōngzuò?

    Which company does he work for?

    Sentence #336041 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这家公司的老板是谁？

    Zhè jiā gōngsī de lǎobǎn shì shéi?

    Who’s the boss of this company?

    Sentence #811010 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 公司取消了会议。

    Gōngsī qǔxiāo le huìyì.

    The company cancelled the meeting.

    Sentence #5595120 from Tatoeba

How 公司 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 司 (sī) drawn as one shape
司sīto take charge of

司 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 公司

公 4 strokes · 司 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 公司

Words with 公

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)公寓gōngyù · apartment building

Words with 司

司机sījī · driver司法sīfǎ · judicial司令sīlìng · commander打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court

More words: Places & Directions

宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel房间fángjiān · room火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station教室jiàoshì · classroom机场jīchǎng · airport路lù · road旁边pángbiān · side外wài · outside

FAQs

公司 (gōngsī) means “company” or “firm”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it gōngsī: gōng with a 1st tone, then sī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公司 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 家 (jiā). For example, one company is 一家公司 (yì jiā gōngsī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongsi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公司 from the suggestions. Typing gongsi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公司 is an HSK 2 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.