澤國

Chinese

		beneficence; marsh	country; state; nation
trad. (澤國)		澤	國
simp. (泽国)		泽	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéguó
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-kuo²
    • Yale: dzé-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzergwo
    • Palladius: цзэго (czɛgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: jaahk gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: draek kwok

Rime
Character	澤	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	瑒伯切	古或切
Baxter	draek	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠæk̚/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚak̚/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡak̚/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨjk̚/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/ȡɐk̚/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/ȡɐk̚/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱɐk̚/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhé	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak6	gwak1

• Old Chinese

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

  (Zhengzhang): /*rlaːɡ  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	澤	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zé	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ dræk ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁrak/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	marsh; moisture	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	澤	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15129	5547
Phonetic component	睪	或
Rime group	鐸	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		國
Old Chinese	/*rlaːɡ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

澤國

1. country or region full of rivers, lakes or swamps
2. area flooded with water

   連日暴雨令這個鎮變成澤國。 [MSC, trad.]
   连日暴雨令这个镇变成泽国。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liánrì bàoyǔ lìng zhège zhèn biànchéng zéguó. [Pinyin]

   The prolonged rainstorm has completely flooded this town.

Proper noun

澤國

1. (～鎮) Zeguo (a town in Wenling, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China)