中国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 中國 (“China; the Middle Kingdom; Central State; the Chūgoku region of Japan; etc.”).
(This term, 中国, is the simplified form of 中國.)
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
こく > ごく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Chinese 中國 (literally Central Country)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

中国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana ちゅうごく, rōmaji Chūgoku)

  1. China (country in east Asia)
    • ねえねえ、 (いま) () ()みた⁉
      Nē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉
      Hey look, isn’t that a map⁉
      みた!いったいここはなんという (くに)だろう。
      Mita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.
      It is! And what country is this anyway?
      クニ?クニってなあに。
      Kuni? Kuni tte nāni.
      Country? What’s a country?
      アメリカとか (ちゅう) (ごく)とかいろいろあるじゃない。
      Amerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.
      There are countries like America and China, aren’t there?
      ぼくらは (にっ) (ぽん)からきたんだけど…。
      Bokura wa Nippon kara kitan dakedo….
      We’re from Japan, by the way….
      ニッポン?きいたことない。
      Nippon? Kiita koto nai.
      Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.
  2. Chūgoku region (region of Japan)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 1
くに
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [na̠ka̠t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i]

Proper noun

中国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana なかつくに, rōmaji Nakatsukuni)

  1. Short for 葦原中国.
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
こく
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

中国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana ちゅうこく, rōmaji chūkoku)

  1. middle power
  2. Short for 中期国債.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 1
くに
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [na̠ka̠kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟i]

Proper noun

中国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana なかくに, rōmaji Nakakuni)

  1. A surname.

References

  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN


Zhuang

Proper noun

中国

  1. Sawndip form of Cunghgoz
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