窮國

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	country; state; nation
trad. (窮國)		窮	國
simp. (穷国)		穷	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngguó
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-kuo²
    • Yale: chyúng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyonggwo
    • Palladius: цюнго (cjungo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: kùhng gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

窮國

1. poor country; poor nation

   • 中國的窮國地位和在國際上無權的地位也會起變化，窮國將變為富國，無權將變為有權——向相反的方向轉化。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国的穷国地位和在国际上无权的地位也会起变化，穷国将变为富国，无权将变为有权——向相反的方向转化。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhōngguó de qióngguó dìwèi hé zài guójì shàng wúquán de dìwèi yě huì qǐ biànhuà, qióngguó jiāng biànwéi fùguó, wúquán jiāng biànwéi yǒuquán — xiàng xiāngfǎn de fāngxiàng zhuǎnhuà. [Pinyin]

     China's position as a poor country denied its rights in international affairs will also be changed – the poor country will change into a rich one, the country denied its rights into one enjoying them – a transformation of things into their opposites.

Antonyms

• 富國／富国 (fùguó)