HSK 6 · Adjectives

公正 gōngzhèng “fair” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公正 means

  1. fair
  2. just
  3. impartial
  4. equitable

How to say 公正

  • 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正zhèng4th tone, falling

公正 in a sentence

  1. 他很公正。

    Tā hěn gōngzhèng.

    He’s very fair-minded.

    Sentence #639990 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们受到的对待公正吗？

    Tāmen shòudào de duìdài gōngzhèng ma?

    Were they treated fairly?

    Sentence #5555233 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 世界需要的是公正，不是施舍。

    Shìjiè xūyào de shì gōngzhèng, bú shì shīshě.

    What the world needs is justice, not charity.

    Sentence #464771 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公正 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 正 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
正zhèngstraight
  • 一one · yī
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidPicture a foot 止 heading straight for a line 一: straight, correct.

How to write 公正

公 4 strokes · 正 5 strokes

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

Words related to 公正

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 正

正在zhèngzài · in the process of正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal真正zhēnzhèng · genuine正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)正zhèng · just (in the middle of doing something)改正gǎizhèng · to correct反正fǎnzhèng · anyway正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year

More words: Adjectives

高尚gāoshàng · noble根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted公道gōngdao · fair恭敬gōngjìng · respectful广阔guǎngkuò · vast古怪gǔguài · strange孤立gūlì · isolated过度guòdù · excessive

FAQs

公正 (gōngzhèng) means “fair” or “just”. 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.
Yes. 公正 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公正 from the suggestions. Typing gongzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公正 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.