建國

Chinese edit

	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	country; state; nation
trad. (建國)	建	國
simp. (建国)	建	国
anagram	國建／国建

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànguó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kien-koet / kian-koet

(Meixian, Guangdong): gian⁴ guêd⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): gióng-guók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): giêng⁶ gog⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵ci-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànguó
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: jyàn-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngwo
  - Palladius: цзяньго (czjanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ gwok³
  - Yale: gin gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gian⁴ guêd⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kian⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɛt̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gióng-guók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kok
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giêng⁶ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiĕng kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci-koq
  - MiniDict: ci^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb edit

建⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to found a country; to establish a nation-state; to build a nation

Synonyms edit

開國／开国 (kāiguó)
(literary) 開基／开基 (kāijī)

Derived terms edit

勤儉建國／勤俭建国 (qínjiǎnjiànguó)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (建國):

→ Japanese: 建国(けんこく) (kenkoku)
→ Korean: 건국(建國) (geon'guk)
→ Vietnamese: kiến quốc (建國)

Proper noun edit

建國

(chiefly Mainland China) the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
(neologism, slang, humorous) Short for 川建國／川建国 (Chuān Jiànguó, “Donald Trump”).

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
建	國
けん Grade: 4	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 建國 – see the following entry.

【建国けんこく】

[noun] establishment of a nation

[verb] to found/establish a nation

(This term, 建國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
建	國

Noun edit

建國 • (geon'guk) (hangeul 건국)

Hanja form^? of 건국.