公务员

Character by character

• 公gōng4 strokesHSK 2fair, equitable; public; duke
• 务wù6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 務affairs, business; must, should
• 员yuán7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 員member; personnel, staff member

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 公务员. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 公司gōng sīHSK 2

  company; firm; corporation

• 任务rèn wuHSK 3

  mission; assignment; task; duty; role

• 人员rén yuánHSK 3

  staff; crew; personnel

• 服务fú wùHSK 2

  to serve; service

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 成员chéng yuánHSK 3

  member

• 演员yǎn yuánHSK 3

  actor or actress; performer

• 委员会wěi yuán huìHSK 7

  committee

• 队员duì yuánHSK 3

  team member

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 员工yuán gōngHSK 3

  staff; personnel; employee

• 员yuánHSK 3

  person; employee; member

• 公园gōng yuánHSK 2

  park (for public recreation)

• 公平gōng píngHSK 2

  fair; impartial

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 公共gōng gòngHSK 3

  public; common; communal

• 公路gōng lùHSK 2

  highway; road

• 球员qiú yuánHSK 6

  (ball sports) player; team member

• 公gōngHSK 6

  public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

• 公里gōng lǐHSK 2

  kilometer

• 公众gōng zhòngHSK 6

  public

• 公布gōng bùHSK 3

  to announce; to make public; to publish

• 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6

  princess

• 公民gōng mínHSK 3

  citizen