売国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
売	国
ばい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

売国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 賣國, hiragana ばいこく, rōmaji baikoku)

selling out one's nation, treason
それは売国 (ばいこく)行 (こう)為 (い)だ。
Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
That's like selling out the country.

Compounds

売国奴 (ばいこくど) (baikokudo, “traitor”)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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