HSK 5 · Society

公主 gōngzhǔ “princess” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公主 means

  1. princess

How to say 公主

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale主zhǔ3rd tone, dipping

公主 in a sentence

  1. 从前有个美丽的公主。

    Cóngqián yǒu ge měilì de gōngzhǔ.

    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.

    Sentence #343967 from Tatoeba

  2. 她梦见她是一个公主。

    Tā mèngjiàn tā shì yí ge gōngzhǔ.

    She dreamt she was a princess.

    Sentence #866761 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你妹妹看上去那么高贵，就像是个公主一样。

    Nǐ mèimei kàn shàngqu nàme gāoguì, jiù xiàng shì ge gōngzhǔ yíyàng.

    Your sister looks so elegant, just like a princess.

    Sentence #4267305 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公主 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 主 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
主zhǔowner
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidThe dot 丶 on top was once the flame of a lamp: the main one, the master.

How to write 公主

公 4 strokes · 主 5 strokes

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

Words related to 公主

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 主

主要zhǔyào · main主意zhǔyi · plan主人zhǔrén · master主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)主观zhǔguān · subjective主任zhǔrèn · director主席zhǔxí · chairperson主题zhǔtí · theme主动zhǔdòng · to take the initiative

More words: Society & Law

敌人dírén · enemy罚款fákuǎn · to fine法院fǎyuàn · court of law风俗fēngsú · social custom古典gǔdiǎn · classical官guān · government official规则guīzé · rule国王guówáng · king

FAQs

公主 (gōngzhǔ) means “princess”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngzhǔ: gōng with a 1st tone, then zhǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公主 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公主 from the suggestions. Typing gongzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公主 is an HSK 5 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.