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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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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 all 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!)]
你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別 粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong? [Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]
你唔覺得英國凍得滯咩? 粵 ?!
Don't you think the UK's too cold? [Lit. You not feel UK cold too-much [particle expressing surprise]]
我在法國渡過了三個寒暑 國
I spent three winters and summers in France. ["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]
當世界語啱啱傳入中國嗰陣 粵 ?!
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China... [Lit. When Esperanto just-now introduced China that-time]
我去嚫旅行都坐國泰。
Every time I go to travel I take Cathay Pacific. [[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern that means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]
今日所講嘅係國民教育。 粵
What I'm going to talk today is national education. [所 is used before the first verb 講 to form the first noun phrase 今日所講嘅, indicating that the second noun phrase (國民教育) must be a 'topic'. If 所 is omitted, the second noun phrase could either be a 'topic' or a 'speaker'. ] 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. |