外国

See also: 外國

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 外国 – see 外國 (“foreign country”). (This term, 外国, is the simplified form of 外國.)

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	国
がい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
外國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がいこく [gàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

外(がい)国(こく) • (gaikoku) ^{←ぐわいこく (gwaikoku)?}

1. foreign country

Synonyms

• 異国(いこく) (ikoku)
• 異邦(いほう) (ihō)

Derived terms

• 外国語(がいこくご) (gaikokugo)
• 外国人(がいこくじん) (gaikokujin)