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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
公公
husband's father; father-in-law
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
husband's father; father-in-law
02
grandpa; grandad
03
(old) form of address for a eunuch
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 公公 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 公公 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 公公.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 公公.
Directly before
- 给公公1
- 她公公1
- 太阳公公1
Directly after
- 公公做1
- 公公查尔斯1
- 公公躲1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 公公
What does 公公 mean in Chinese?
公公 (gōnggong) means husband's father; father-in-law.
How do you pronounce 公公?
公公 is pronounced gōnggong.
Is 公公 an HSK word?
公公 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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