國 (gwok3 | guo2) : nation; country; state

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國

gwok3

guo2

[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.

國 / 国

This word has been viewed 32668 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 lian2 he2 guo2 jiao4 ke1 wen2 zu3 zhi1 = UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

中國 zung1 gwok3 zhong1 guo2 = China

王國 wong4 gwok3 wang2 guo2 = kingdom

英國 jing1 gwok3 ying1 guo2 = England / the UK

美國 mei5 gwok3 mei3 guo2 = America, USA

國家 gwok3 gaa1 guo2 jia1 = country

中國人 zung1 gwok3 jan4 zhong1 guo2 ren2 = Chinese person/people

英國人 jing1 gwok3 jan4 ying1 guo2 ren2 = British person/people

美國人 mei5 gwok3 jan4 mei3 guo2 ren2 = 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)

Showing all 25 examples containing 國

他是不是中國人？國
Is he Chinese?
[Canto: 佢係唔係中國人？]

我來自美國。國
I'm from the United States.

我想去德國旅行。粵
I want to travel Germany.

佢係唔係中國人？粵
Is he Chinese?
[Lit. He is-not-is Chinese? Std. Chinese: 他是不是中國人？]

你喺邊一個國家來㗎？粵
Which country are you from?

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"]

中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

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!)]

讀書，你決定去美國定去法國呀？粵
Have you decided to go to America or France to study?

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]]

國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!

國王認為他是傻瓜國
The king believed he was a fool.
[ie: another man was a fool, not the king!]

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

佢揸住國旗搰嚟搰去粵
He is swaying the flag that is in his hands.

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.]

我識煮正宗泰國菜。粵
I can cook authentic Thai food.
[[Lit.] I know (how) to cook authentic Thai food. ]

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.]

波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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'. ]

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 國
Unicode code for this character: U+570B (off-site link)

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