売国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
売	国
ばい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku) 

1. selling out one's nation, treason

   それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。

   Sore wa baikoku kōi da.

   That's like selling out the country.

Derived terms

• 売国奴(ばいこくど) (baikokudo, “traitor”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.