西國

Chinese

		west	country; state; nation
trad. (西國)		西	國
simp. (西国)		西	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gwok³
• Eastern Min (BUC): să̤-guók
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siguó
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-kuo²
    • Yale: syī-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigwo
    • Palladius: сиго (sigo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ gwok³
    • Yale: sāi gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: să̤-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-koq
    • MiniDict: shi^平 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ koʔ²¹/

Noun

西國

1. (historical, literary) feudal lords of western states

Proper noun

西國

1. (literary) Alternative name for 西域 (Xīyù, “Western Regions”).
2. (literary) "western countries", the region where Buddhism originated: India and Central Asia
3. (archaic) Western countries; countries in Europe and the Americas