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外交

外交

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (外交)		外	交

Noun

外交

diplomacy; foreign affairs
外交史 ― wàijiāo shǐ ― history of foreign affairs

Derived terms

外交團／外交团
外交學／外交学 (wàijiāoxué)
外交官 (wàijiāoguān)

外交家 (wàijiāojiā)
外交特權／外交特权
外交豁免權／外交豁免权 (wàijiāo huòmiǎnquán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	交
がい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi

(Tokyo) がいこう [gàíkóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]

IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iko̞ː]

Noun

外交 ‎(hiragana がいこう, romaji gaikō)

(diplomacy) diplomacy (art of conducting international relations)

Derived terms

外交家
外交史
外交官
外交団
外交術
外交特権

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	交

Noun

外交 • ‎(oegyo) ‎(hangeul 외교)

Hanja form^? of 외교, “diplomacy”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wàijiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gaau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-kâu
Min Nan (POJ): gōa-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàijiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayjiau
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gaau¹
  - Yale: ngoih gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gaau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kɑːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-kâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi gau´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ gau¹
  - IPA: /ŋo̯i⁵⁵ ka̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kau
  - Tâi-lô: guā-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² kaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/