國祚

Chinese

		country; state; nation	blessing; the throne
trad. (國祚)		國	祚
simp. (国祚)		国	祚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guózuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guózuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guózuò
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-tso⁴
    • Yale: gwó-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwotzuoh
    • Palladius: гоцзо (goczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ zou⁶
    • Yale: gwok jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sou̯²²/

Noun

國祚

1. fate of a nation
2. (more specifically) duration which a nation exists

   清朝始於滿族入關，終於辛亥革命，國祚共276年。 [MSC, trad.]
   清朝始于满族入关，终于辛亥革命，国祚共276年。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qīngcháo shǐ yú mǎnzú rùguān, zhōngyú xīnhàigémìng, guózuò gòng 276 nián. [Pinyin]

   Qing Dynasty begins when the Manchus entered China proper through Shanhai Pass and ends at the Xinhai Revolution, which lasts for 276 years.