敵國

Chinese

		enemy; match	country; state; nation
trad. (敵國)		敵	國
simp. (敌国)		敌	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): díguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-kok / tia̍k-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: díguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: díguó
    • Wade–Giles: ti²-kuo²
    • Yale: dí-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyigwo
    • Palladius: диго (digo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: dihk gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-kok
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degkog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-kok
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagkog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² kɔk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dek kwok

Rime
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	徒歷切	古或切
Baxter	dek	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dek̚/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dek̚/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛk̚/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjk̚/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/dek̚/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/diek̚/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiek̚/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dí	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik6	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤek  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dí	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ dek ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁek/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	oppose; enemy	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2340	5547
Phonetic component	帝	或
Rime group	錫	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	荻	國
Old Chinese	/*deːɡ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

敵國

1. enemy state; enemy country

   • 訟敵國，揚軍旅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     讼敌国，扬军旅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Sòng díguó, yáng jūnlǚ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)