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中国

中国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 中国 – see 中國. (This term, 中国, is the simplified form of 中國.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	国
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 中 (ちゅう, chū, "the middle") + 国 (こく, koku, "country").

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) ちゅうごく [chúꜜùgòkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ちゅうごく [chùúgókú] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɯᵝːɡ̃o̞kɯᵝ]

Proper noun

中国 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana ちゅうごく, romaji Chūgoku)

China (the Asian country)
Chugoku area (the west area of Japan) (includes 鳥取県, 島根県, 岡山県, 広島県, 山口県)

Synonyms

(country): 中華人民共和国 (ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく) ‎(Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku): People's Republic of China

Derived terms

中国語 (ちゅうごくご) ‎(chūgokugo): Chinese language
中国人 (ちゅうごくじん) ‎(chūgokujin): Chinese people, Chinese person
中国料理 (ちゅうごくりょうり) ‎(Chūgoku ryōri) Chinese cuisine
中国地方 (ちゅうごくちほう) ‎(Chūgoku chihō): the Chugoku-area (in Japan)

References

↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Zhuang

Proper noun

中国 ‎(traditional Sawndip form 中國)

Simplified Sawndip form of Cunghgoz.