敝國

Chinese

		(polite) my; poor; ruined (polite) my; poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated	country; state; nation
trad. (敝國)		敝	國
simp. (敝国)		敝	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìguó
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: bì-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihgwo
    • Palladius: биго (bigo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Noun

敝國

1. (archaic) one's own country

   Antonym: 貴國／贵国 (guìguó)

   • 敝國雖狹，地方三千里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     敝国虽狭，地方三千里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Bìguó suī xiá, dìfāng sānqiān lǐ. [Pinyin]

     Though my country is small, it spans three thousand li.