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外國

外國

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	country; state; nation
trad. (外國)		外	國
simp. (外国)		外	国
anagram		國外／国外

Noun

外國

foreign country

Adjective

外國

(attributive) foreign

See also

外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)

Derived terms

外國人／外国人 (wàiguórén)

外國語／外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	國

Noun

外國 • ‎(oeguk) ‎(hangeul 외국)

Hanja form^? of 외국, “foreign country”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wàiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-koet
Min Nan (POJ): gōa-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wàiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: ngoih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ gued⁵
  - IPA: /ŋo̯i⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok
  - Tâi-lô: guā-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/