公事 meaning in English

gōngshì

work-related matters; documents

HSK 7-9noun12 strokes

Meaning of 公事

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gōngshì
  1. work-related matters
  2. documents

公事 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

公gōng事shì公gōng办bàn。
It's business.
我wǒ的de公gōng事shì包bāo里lǐ装zhuāng满mǎn了le文wén件jiàn。
My briefcase is full of papers.
我wǒ把bǎ我wǒ的de公gōng事shì包bāo留liú在zài公gōng车chē上shàng了le。
I left my briefcase in the bus.
婚hūn姻yīn走zǒu过guò十shí个gè年nián头tóu一yī切qiè只zhǐ是shì例lì行xíng公gōng事shì。
Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.
这zhè样yàng讯xùn问wèn只zhǐ是shì警jǐng察chá例lì行xíng公gōng事shì。
Such questioning is routine police business.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

公 gōng · public · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 公事.

没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business
公司gōngsīcompany; firm; corporation
故事gùshiold practice
办公室bàngōngshìoffice; business premises
公平gōngpíngfair; impartial
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
公园gōngyuánpark (for public recreation)
公里gōnglǐkilometer
公路gōnglùhighway; road
公斤gōngjīnkilogram (kg)

Questions about 公事

What does 公事 mean?

公事 (gōngshì) means "work-related matters; documents" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 公事?

公事 is made of 2 characters: 公 (4 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 公事 an HSK word?

Yes. 公事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.