鎖國

See also: 锁国 and 鎖国

Chinese

		to lock up; to lock	country; state; nation
trad. (鎖國)		鎖	國
simp. (锁国)		锁	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so² gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒguó
    • Wade–Giles: so³-kuo²
    • Yale: swǒ-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoogwo
    • Palladius: сого (sogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so² gwok³
    • Yale: só gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so² gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: so² guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Verb

鎖⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to close the country to foreigners

Derived terms

• 閉關鎖國／闭关锁国 (bìguānsuǒguó)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎖	國
さ Grade: S	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

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

【鎖国さこく】 [noun] national isolation, closure of a country to foreigners [verb] to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
鎖	國

Noun

鎖國 • (swaeguk) (hangeul 쇄국)

1. Hanja form^? of 쇄국 (“national isolation”).