公开 (gōng kāi) — (adjective) open, public, overt; (verb) to make public, to disclose, to release
Definition
As an adjective it means 'open/public' (公开的秘密 = open secret); as a verb it means 'to make public / disclose' (often official info like data, decisions). Compare 公布 (announce formally) and 公示 (post publicly for comment).
adjective
openpublicovert
verb
to make publicto discloseto release
Examples
- 公开。Zhè shì yí gè gōng kāi de mì mì.This is an open secret.
- 公开。Zhèng fǔ gōng kāi le zuì xīn de jīng jì shù jù.The government released the latest economic data.
- 公开。Tā gōng kāi chéng rèn le zì jǐ de cuò wù.He openly admitted his own mistake.
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