公益

Chinese
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 benefit; increase
trad. (公益) 公 益
simp. #(公益) 公 益

Pronunciation

Noun

公益

  1. the public good; the common good; the public interest
    熱心公益／热心公益  ―  rèxīn gōngyì  ―  to be enthusiastic in promoting the public good

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (公益):
  • → Japanese: 公益(こうえき) (kōeki)
  • → Korean: 공익(公益) (gong'ik)
  • → Vietnamese: công ích (公益)

Proper noun

公益

  1. (～村) Gongyi (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
公 益
こう
Grade: 2		 えき
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

公(こう)益(えき) • (kōeki) 

  1. public welfare, public benefit, public interest

Antonyms

Korean
Hanja in this term
公益

Noun

公益 • (gong'ik) (hangeul 공익)

  1. Hanja form? of 공익 (“public interest”).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.