中国

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 中国 – see 中國 (“China; the Middle Kingdom; the Chūgoku region of Japan; etc.”). (This term, 中国, is the simplified form of 中國.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
中	国
ちゅう Grade: 1	こく > ごく Grade: 2
on’yomi

EtymologyEdit

From Chinese 中國 (literally “Central Country”)

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ちゅ​うごく [chúꜜùgòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) ちゅうごく [chùúgókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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Proper nounEdit

中国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 中國, hiragana ちゅうごく, rōmaji Chūgoku)

1. China (country in east Asia)
   • 1998 November 30 [Nov 25 1990], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太たとアニマル惑星プラネット [Nobita and the Animal Planet] (大長編ドラえもん; 10), volume 10 (fiction, in Japanese), 22nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 27:

     ねえねえ、今 (いま)の地 (ち)図 (ず)みた⁉

     Nē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉

     Hey look, isn’t that a map⁉

     みた！いったいここはなんという国 (くに)だろう。

     Mita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.

     It is! And what country is this anyway?

     クニ？クニってなあに。

     Kuni? Kuni tte nāni.

     Country? What’s a country?

     アメリカとか中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)とかいろいろあるじゃない。

     Amerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.

     There are countries like America and China, aren’t there?

     ぼくらは日 (にっ)本 (ぽん)からきたんだけど…。

     Bokura wa Nippon kara kitan dakedo….

     We’re from Japan, by the way….

     ニッポン？きいたことない。

     Nippon? Kiita koto nai.

     Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.

2. (region of Japan) Chūgoku region

SynonymsEdit

• 中 (ちゅう)華 (か)人 (じん)民 (みん)共 (きょう)和 (わ)国 (こく) (Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku, “People's Republic of China”)
• 中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)地 (ち)方 (ほう) (Chūgoku chihō, “Chugoku area”)

Derived termsEdit

• 中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)語 (ご) (Chūgokugo, “Chinese language”)
• 中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)人 (じん) (Chūgokujin, “Chinese person/people”)
• 中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)料 (りょう)理 (り) (Chūgoku ryōri, “Chinese cuisine”)

Related termsEdit

• 中 (ちゅう)華 (か) (Chūka)
• 中 (なか)つ国 (くに) (Nakatsukuni)

ReferencesEdit

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Proper nounEdit

中国 (traditional Sawndip form 中國)

1. Simplified Sawndip form of Cunghgoz (/s/)