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title: "Gongzheng Meaning: 公正 (just) or 公证 (notarization)?"
description: "公正 (gōngzhèng) means “just; fair; impartial”. Not the gongzheng you heard? See 公证, 工整. Hear its tones, see what 公 and 正 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongzheng"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 公正 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

公正 gōngzhèng

## just; fair; impartial

## Its characters

1. 公 gōng fair
2. 正 zhèng just

## In a sentence

裁判的判决很公正。 The referee's decision was very fair.

后来，包拯做了很多年的官，一直很**公正**，老百姓叫他“包青天”。

From [牛的舌头 · Judge Bao and the case of the cut ox tongue](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/judge-bao-story-the-cut-ox-tongue#library-word-621-623)

[More about 公正](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%AC%E6%AD%A3)

## Other words said gongzheng

- [公证gōngzhèngnotarization](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%AC%E8%AF%81)
- [工整gōngzhěngneat](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B7%A5%E6%95%B4)

## More words with 公 or 正

- [办公 bàngōng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bangong)
- [办公室 bàngōngshì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bangongshi)
- [反正 fǎnzhèng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fanzheng)
- [改正 gǎizhèng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gaizheng)
- [公安 gōng’ān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongan)
- [公布 gōngbù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongbu)
- [公告 gōnggào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gonggao)
- [公共 gōnggòng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gonggong)
- [公关 gōngguān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongguan)
- [公交车 gōngjiāochē](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongjiaoche)

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