中国

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ChineseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of 中国 – see 中國. (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): [t͡ɕɯ̟ᵝːɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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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, 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 4-09-140610-6, 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? Kunitte nā ni.

     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.

   • Himaruya, Hidekaz, “ヘタリアと愉快な仲間たち [Hetalia and Blissful Friends]”, in Axis Powers ヘタリア [Axis Powers Hetalia], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Gentosha, ISBN 978-4-344-82234-4, page 12:

     中国
     【首都】北京
     【公用語】北京語
     【国花】牡丹
     【国旗の意味】
     大星は中国共産党と人民の団結を、4つの小星は労働者・農民・知識階級・愛国的資本家を表し、黄色は光明を象徴する。

     Chūgoku
     [Shuto] Pekin
     [Kōyōgo] Pekin-go
     [Kokka] Bōtan
     [Kokki no imi]
     Daisei wa Chūgoku Kyōsantō to jinmin no danketsu o, yotsu no shōsei wa rōdōsha, nōmin, chishiki kaikyū, aikokuteki shihonka o arawashi, kiiro wa kōmyō o shōchō suru.

     China
     [Capital] Beijing
     [Official language] Pekingese
     [National flower] Tree peony
     [National flag’s meaning]
     The big star is for the union of the Communist Party of China and the people, the 4 small stars represent workers, farmers, the intelligentsia and patriotic capitalists, and yellow is symbolic of a bright future.

2. Chugoku (the west area of Japan including 鳥取県, 島根県, 岡山県, 広島県, 山口県)

See alsoEdit

• 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)華 (か) (Chūka)
• 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”)
• 中 (ちゅう)国 (ごく)地 (ち)方 (ほう) (Chūgoku chihō, “Chugoku area”)

ReferencesEdit

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Proper nounEdit

中国 (traditional Sawndip form 中國)

1. Simplified Sawndip form of Cunghgoz