南國

Chinese

		south	country; state; nation
trad. (南國)		南	國
simp. (南国)		南	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-koet
• Eastern Min (BUC): nàng-guók
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguó
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kuo²
    • Yale: nán-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nangwo
    • Palladius: наньго (nanʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: nàahm gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: namˇ gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ ku̯et̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nàng-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶noe-koq
    • MiniDict: noe^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

南國

1. (historical, obsolete) states along the Yangtze and Han rivers

   • 滔滔江漢，南國之紀。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     滔滔江汉，南国之纪。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tāotāo Jiānghàn, nánguó zhī jì. [Pinyin]

     Grandly flow the Jiang and the Han,
     Regulators of the southern States.

2. the southern part of the country; the South (of China); southland

   • 紅豆生南國，春來發幾枝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     红豆生南国，春来发几枝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 王維 (Wang Wei), 相思

     Hóngdòu shēng nánguó, chūn lái fā jǐ zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Antonyms

• 北國／北国 (běiguó)

Proper noun

南國

1. (dated, often as self-appellation) Vietnam
2. (～市) Nankoku (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	國
なん Grade: 2	こく Jinmeiyō

Noun

南國(なんごく) • (nangoku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 南国

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
南	國

Proper noun

南國

1. chữ Hán form of Nam quốc (“self-appellation of Vietnam”).