十六國

Chinese

		sixteen; 16	country; state; nation
trad. (十六國)		十六	國
simp. (十六国)		十六	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shíliù-Guó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ luk⁶ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sṳ̍p-liuk-koet
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sĕk-lĕ̤k-guók
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Si̍p-lio̍k-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shíliù-Guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhliòuguó
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-liu⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: Shŕ-lyòu-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrliowgwo
    • Palladius: Шилюго (Šiljugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ luk⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: sahp luhk gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ luk⁹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ lug⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² lʊk̚² kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳ̍p-liuk-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib liug^ˋ gued^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ liug⁵ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ li̯uk̚² ku̯et̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĕk-lĕ̤k-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ⁵⁻²¹ l̃øyʔ⁵⁻²¹ kuɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si̍p-lio̍k-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Si̍p-lio̍k-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sibliogkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² liɔk̚⁴⁻³² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴⁻² liɔk̚²⁴⁻² kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sip̚⁴⁻³² liɔk̚⁴⁻³² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sip̚⁴⁻³² liɔk̚⁴⁻³² kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

十六國

1. the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439)

Synonyms

• 五胡十六國／五胡十六国 (Wǔhú Shíliù Guó)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.