公立

gōnglì

adjective HSK 7-9 #9,000

Meanings

1 public (government-run)
2 state-funded

Characters

Literally 'publicly established' — set up and funded by the government.

Examples

她在一所公立学校教书。

Tā zài yì suǒ gōnglì xuéxiào jiāoshū.

She teaches at a public school.

公立医院的费用比私立医院低。

Gōnglì yīyuàn de fèiyòng bǐ sīlì yīyuàn dī.

Public hospitals are cheaper than private ones.

Tips

grammar

The opposite of 公立 is 私立 (sīlì, private/privately established). These are always used as attributives before nouns: 公立大学 (public university), 私立学校 (private school).

Stroke Order

公 gōng

立 lì