魏國

Chinese

Etymology

		surname; name of a dynasty	country; state; nation
trad. (魏國)		魏	國
simp. (魏国)		魏	国

From Chinese 魏 ("Wei") + 國 ("kingdom", "sovereign state"), to clarify the sense

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wèiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ gwok³
Min Nan (POJ): Gūi-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Wèiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weygwo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    衛國／卫国
    魏國／魏国
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: ngaih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ guog³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gūi-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Guī-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guixkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gui²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gui⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gui³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

魏國

(historical) Wei, a Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
(historical, informal) Liang, the same realm after it was raised to a kingdom

Synonyms

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