賣國

Chinese

		sell	country; state; nation
trad. (賣國)		賣	國
simp. (卖国)		卖	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maai⁶ gwok³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): mai⁵ gok²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-koet
Eastern Min (BUC): mâ̤-guók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bōe-kok / bē-kok / māi-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi⁷ gog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ma-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màiguó
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: mài-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maygwo
  - Palladius: майго (majgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: maaih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mai⁵ gok²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai³² kɔk̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: mai gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mâ̤-guók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-kok
  - Tâi-lô: buē-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexkog
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-kok
  - Tâi-lô: bē-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexkog
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-kok
  - Tâi-lô: māi-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maixkog
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhoi⁷ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bōi kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /boi¹¹ kok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ma-koq
  - MiniDict: ma^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ma-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ma²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

賣⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to betray one's country; to commit treason; to quisle

Derived terms

賣國求榮／卖国求荣 (màiguóqiúróng)
賣國賊／卖国贼 (màiguózéi)
賣港／卖港 (màigǎng)
賣臺／卖台 (màitái)

References

Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “賣”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 15

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	國
ばい Jinmeiyō	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 賣國 – see the following entry.

【売国ばいこく】

[noun] selling out one's nation, treason

(This term, 賣國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	國

Noun

賣國 • (maeguk) (hangeul 매국)

hanja form^? of 매국 : selling out one's nation, treason