公允

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	just; fair; to permit just; fair; to permit; to allow
trad. (公允)		公	允
simp. ^#(公允)		公	允

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngyǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄩㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ wan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄩㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongyǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-yün³
  - Yale: gūng-yǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyeun
  - Palladius: гунъюнь (gunʺjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ yn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ wan⁵
  - Yale: gūng wáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ wan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ wen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐn¹³/

Adjective

公允

fair; equitable; even-handed; just
- 2023, “怪我只敢做好人 [Monologue]”, 林夕 [Lin Xi] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  若靠自己判斷我好壞　怕有失公允 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  若靠自己判断我好坏　怕有失公允 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  joek⁶ kaau³ zi⁶ gei² pun³ dyun⁶ ngo⁵ hou² waai⁶, paa³ jau⁵ sat¹ gung¹ wan⁵ [Jyutping]
  If I depend on myself to determine if I'm good or bad, I'm afraid it would not be fair

Synonyms

不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
允 (literary, or in compounds)
公平 (gōngpíng)
公正 (gōngzhèng)
公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
公道 (gōngdao)
大正 (literary)
平允 (píngyǔn)
平正 (píngzhèng)
持平 (chípíng)
持正 (chízhèng) (literary)
掠平 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

公允價值 / 公允价值