公明

gōngmíng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 fair and open
  2. 2 just and discerning
  3. 3 (as name) Gongming

Examples

HSK 7-9
Fǎguān yīnggāi bǐngchí gōngmíng de tàidù.
A judge should maintain a fair and discerning attitude.
HSK 7-9
Tā wéirén gōngmíng, shēnshòu dàjiā jìngzhòng.
He is fair-minded as a person, and is deeply respected by everyone.

Tips

usage
Mostly literary today; you'll more often see it as 公正 or 光明正大 in everyday speech. The set phrase 公明正大 ('fair, open and upright') is a near-synonym of 光明正大.
culture
公明 is also a Chinese compound surname (the 春秋 period state of 鲁国 had a 公明仪), and it is the courtesy name of the Water Margin outlaw leader 宋江, styled 公明. 公明 Township in Shenzhen's Guangming District took its name from this.

Stroke Order

公 gōng
明 míng