Chinese

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country; state; nation man; person; people
trad. (國人)
simp. (国人)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (38)
Final () (132) (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kwok nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwək̚/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷək̚/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuək̚/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwək̚/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/kuək̚/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/kuək̚/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwək̚/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwak1 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guó rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwok › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*[C.q]ʷˁək/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English state (n.) (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5547 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷɯːɡ/ /*njin/

Noun

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國人

  1. compatriot; fellow countryman
    國人原創漫畫国人原创漫画  ―  guórén yuánchuàng mànhuà  ―  domestic original manhua
  2. (historical) passer-by

Synonyms

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  • (compatriot): 同文 (tóngwén) (literary, figurative)