PUBLIC  公開公／出

OUTSIDE the HOME, AND what CAN be KNOWN by OR SHOWN to MANY.
OPEN (TO THE PUBLIC)COMMUNALACCESSIBLE TO ALLAVAILABLEFREEUNRESTRICTEDCOMMUNITYKNOWNPUBLISHEDPUBLICIZEDIN CIRCULATIONEXPOSEDOVERTPLAINOBVIOUS
Antonym
  • PRIVATESECRET IN-RELATION-TO ALL OFFICIALS AND PERRSONAL.
    • SECRETVOLUNTARILY:deliberately CONCEALED FROM OTHERS OR from PERSONS OUTSIDE a certain GROUP.
      Hypernym
      • OUTSIDEThe SPACE which does NOT BE-IN something.
        • SPACEWhat ALL THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
          • BE INRELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS.
            • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER....
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. There is only one dominant word for what pertains to the community or nation at large, gōng 公 (ant sī 私 "private").

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      公開



      公然

      明

      明文

      當眾

      當面

      公用的

      一般人民的

      公立的

      公眾的

      大眾

      公共

      公用

      國立

      國有

      開誠布公

      公諸同好

      堂而皇之

      光天化日

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 168

        PALAM, CORAM

        91. Inter Coram et palam. Coram ad personam refertur, dicimus enim coram illo, palam autem persona caret, quia id ipsum significat quod omnes sciunt. Ergo coram ad personam certam refertur, palam ad omnes.

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        PUBLIC

        manifestum is something that is accessible to observation rather than in some way hidden.

        palam is something that is public rather than private.

        propalam is something that positively courts public observation.

      • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 308

      • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 6.1131

        OEFFENTLICH/PRIVAT

      • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 6.1134

        OEFFENTLICHKEIT

      • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 156

      • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 4.583

      Words

      公  gōng OC: klooŋ MC: kuŋ 47 Attributions

      There is only one dominant word for what pertains to the community or nation at large, gōng 公 (ant. sī 私 "private").

        Word relations
      • Ant: 私/PRIVATE The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH.
      • Oppos: 家/FAMILY The current dominant word is jiā 家 which refers to a whole household, including men, domestic animals and utensils as well as the whole clan system that defines its lineage affiliation.

        Syntactic words
      • nabsocialpublic duty; the public interest, the public good; public matter; that which is public
      • nsubjectwhat is public, what is in the public interest
      • v[adN]public concerns; official concerns; non-selfish perspectivesCH
      • vadNpublic (benefit, road, law etc), belonging to the public rather than to any private individual
      • vadNnon-restrictive"，which is inherently public-spirited and not egotistic"
      • vadVgenerally, publicly, (sometimes: shamelessly) in public
      • vibe public-spirited; be fair-minded, be just
      • vi0public spiritedness prevails, there is public-spiritedness
      出  chū OC: khljud MC: tɕhʷit 6 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vadVin publicCH
      • vt[oN]leave [one's home]> be in public service, not lead a merely private life
      外  wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vadNexoteric, addressed to a general public
      • vadNin publicTWH
      目前  mù qián MC: mjuwk dzen OC: muɡ dzeenCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPadNovert, public and for everyone to seeCH
      市  shì MC: dzyiX OC: djɯʔCH 1 Attribution

        Word relations
      • Oppos: 朝/COURT Cháo 朝 refers to the court as the venue of court asemblies rather than as the building as such. See also TEMPLE

        Syntactic words
      • nabthe public (sphere)CH
      公家  gōng jiā MC: kuwng kae OC: klooŋ kraaDS 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPadNpublic N; DS

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: