燕國

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	country; state; nation
trad. (燕國)		燕	國
simp. (燕国)		燕	国

Etymology

From Chinese 燕 ("Yan") + 國 ("kingdom", "sovereign state"), to clarify the intended sense of Yan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yānguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yānguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yanguó
    • Wade–Giles: Yen¹-kuo²
    • Yale: Yān-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iangwo
    • Palladius: Яньго (Janʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ gwok³
    • Yale: yīn gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

燕國

1. Yan, an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty

Synonyms

• 燕 (yàn)