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報國

報國

Chinese

		to announce; to inform; report to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge	country; state; nation
trad. (報國)		報	國
simp. (报国)		报	国

Verb

報國

(literary) to devote oneself to the service of one's country

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bàoguó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): po-goet
Min Nan (POJ): pò-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàoguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawgwo
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ gwok³
  - Yale: bou gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po-goet
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ gued⁵
  - IPA: /po⁵⁵ gu̯et̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò-kok
  - Tâi-lô: pò-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poirkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/