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[1] [n] nation; country; nation-state; state; kingdom [2] national; governmental [3] Chinese [4] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
Radical: 囗 (#31)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 16:07 |
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聯合國教科文組織
lyun4 hap6 ho4 gap3 gwok3 gaau3 gaau1 fo1 man4 zou2 zik1 = UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
中國
zung1 gwok3 = China
王國
wong4 gwok3 = kingdom
英國
jing1 gwok3 = England / the UK
美國
mei5 gwok3 = America, USA
國家
gwok3 gaa1 = country
中國人
zung1 gwok3 jan4 = Chinese person/people
英國人
jing1 gwok3 jan4 = British person/people
美國人
mei5 gwok3 jan4 = American person
國手
gwok3 sau2 = Grand Master; national champion 國See all 698 compounds (CantoDict reports 814 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 25 examples containing 國
中國人係揸筷子食飯嘅。 粵
Chinese people are [people who] use chopsticks to have their meals. ["揸" here is actually "to hold"]
中國而家開放過以前 粵
China is now more open. [Lit. China now open [in the sense of trade and culture] surpass before.]
香港先進過中國好多 粵
Hong Kong is much more advanced than China. [Lit. Hong Kong advance surpass China a lot (n.b. this is only intended to illustrate Cantonese comparatives and is not necessarily accurate!)] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/331/]國[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/331/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">國</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 國
Unicode code for this character: U+570B (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/331/]國[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/331/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">國</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 國
Unicode code for this character: U+570B (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
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- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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