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國粹

國粹

Chinese

		country; state; nation	pure; unmixed; essence
trad. (國粹)		國	粹
simp. (国粹)		国	粹

Noun

國粹

essence of a nation's culture

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guócuì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ seoi⁶, gwok³ seoi³
Min Nan (POJ): kok-chhùi / kok-sùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guócuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwotsuey
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ seoi⁶, gwok³ seoi³
  - Yale: gwok seuih, gwok seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ soey⁶, gwok⁸ soey³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ sɵy̯²²/, /kʷɔːk̚³ sɵy̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-chhùi / kok-sùi
  - Tâi-lô: kok-tshuì / kok-suì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kokzhuix, koksuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/, /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/, /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰui²¹/, /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/, /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/, /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sui²¹/