# 公费 (gōngfèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 公费 (gōngfèi) means “at public expense; state-funded”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: at public expense; state-funded
- Pinyin: gōngfèi (gong1 fei4)
- Traditional: 公費
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是公费出国留学的。
  Tā shì gōngfèi chūguó liúxué de.
  He went to study abroad at public expense.

## Characters

- [公](https://hanziro.com/word/gong-public/) (gōng): public; common
- [费](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-cost/) (fèi): to cost; to spend

https://hanziro.com/word/gong-fei-at-public-expense/

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