王國

Chinese edit

	king; Wang (proper name)	country; state; nation
trad. (王國)	王	國
simp. (王国)	王	国
anagram	國王／国王

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wángguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vòng-koet
Eastern Min (BUC): uòng-guók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ông-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁵ gog⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶waon-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wángguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wángguó
  - Wade–Giles: wang²-kuo²
  - Yale: wáng-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanggwo
  - Palladius: ванго (vango)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    亡國／亡国
    王國／王国
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ gwok³
  - Yale: wòhng gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong² gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ ku̯et̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng-guók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-kok
  - Tâi-lô: ông-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ongkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang⁵ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶waon-koq
  - MiniDict: waon^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: hjwang kwok

Rime
Character	王	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	雨方切	古或切
Baxter	hjwang	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁴	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ [C.q]ʷˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	king	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	王	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12742	5547
Phonetic component	王	或
Rime group	陽	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	王	國
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/