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島國

島國

Chinese

		island	country; state; nation
trad. (島國)		島	國
simp. (岛国)		岛	国

Noun

島國 (classifier 個／个 (gè))

island country/nation, island state

Korean

Hanja in this term
島	國

Noun

島國 • ‎(doguk) ‎(hangeul 도국)

Hanja form^? of 도국, “island state”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dǎoguó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² gwok³
Min Nan (POJ): tó-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎoguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daogwo
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou² gwok³
  - Yale: dóu gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou² gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-kok
  - Tâi-lô: tó-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doy'kog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/