HSK 6 · Society

公证 gōngzhèng “notarisation” in Chinese

Traditional 公證

What 公证 means

  1. notarisation
  2. to notarise

How to say 公证

  • 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证zhèng4th tone, falling

公证 in a sentence

  1. 这份合同需要去公证处公证。

    Zhè fèn hétong xūyào qù gōngzhèngchù gōngzhèng.

    This contract needs to be notarised at the notary office.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 出国留学要准备公证过的成绩单。

    Chūguó liúxué yào zhǔnbèi gōngzhèng guo de chéngjìdān.

    To study abroad, you need to prepare notarised transcripts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 公证 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 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng

How to write 公证

公 4 strokes · 证 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 公证

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 证

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee证明zhèngmíng · proof签证qiānzhèng · visa证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm证书zhèngshū · certificate辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

More words: Society & Law

个体gètǐ · individual公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau共和国gònghéguó · republic公民gōngmín · citizen勾结gōujié · to collude with官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over规章guīzhāng · rules

FAQs

公证 (gōngzhèng) means “notarisation” or “to notarise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngzhèng: gōng with a 1st tone, then zhèng with a 4th 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, 公证 is written 公證. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公证 from the suggestions. Typing gongzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公证 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.