剛果

See also: 刚果

Chinese

		hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly	fruit; result
trad. (剛果)		剛	果
simp. (刚果)		刚	果

Etymology

From Kongo nkongo (“hunters”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāngguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ gwo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kang-kó / Kang-kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāngguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gangguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: Kang¹-kuo³
    • Yale: Gāng-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gangguoo
    • Palladius: Ганго (Gango)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ gwo²
    • Yale: gōng gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-kó
    • Tâi-lô: Kang-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangkoir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: Kang-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangkor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Proper noun

剛果

1. Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
2. Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Derived terms

• 剛果人民共和國／刚果人民共和国 (Gāngguǒ Rénmíngònghéguó)
• 剛果共和國／刚果共和国 (Gāngguǒ Gònghéguó)
• 剛果民主共和國／刚果民主共和国 (Gāngguǒ Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó)
• 剛果紅／刚果红 (gāngguǒhóng)
• 民主剛果／民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ)
• 法屬剛果／法属刚果