愛國
See also: 愛国
Chinese edit
to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
country; state; nation | ||
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trad. (愛國) | 愛 | 國 | |
simp. (爱国) | 爱 | 国 |
Etymology edit
Earliest extant attestation is in the Stratagems of the Warring States:
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
愛⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to love one's country; to be patriotic
- 愛國行為/爱国行为 ― àiguó xíngwèi ― patriotic action
- 愛國的士兵/爱国的士兵 ― àiguó de shìbīng ― patriotic soldiers
- 一位愛國詩人/一位爱国诗人 ― yī wèi àiguó shīrén ― a patriotic poet
- 封建諸侯,各世其位,欲使親民如子,愛國如家。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 200 CE, 荀悅 Xun Yue,《前漢紀》Annals of the Former Han
- Fēngjiàn zhūhóu, gè shì qí wèi, yù shǐ qīnmín rú zǐ, àiguó rú jiā. [Pinyin]
- The appointing of the feudal lords and making their positions inheritable were designed to make them love their people the same way they did their own children and love their kingdom the same way they loved their own families.
封建诸侯,各世其位,欲使亲民如子,爱国如家。 [MSC, simp.]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Peranakan Indonesian: aikok
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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愛 | 國 |
あい Grade: 4 |
こく Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 愛國 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 愛國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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愛 | 國 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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愛 | 國 |
Noun edit
愛國
- chữ Hán form of ái quốc (“patriotism”).