異國

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	country; state; nation
trad. (異國)		異	國
simp. (异国)		异	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ gwok³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ī-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁶ gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìguó
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: yì-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihgwo
    • Palladius: иго (igo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: yih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-kok
    • Tâi-lô: ī-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁶ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/

Noun

異國

1. foreign country

   • 諸侯各愛其國，不愛異國，故攻異國以利其國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诸侯各爱其国，不爱异国，故攻异国以利其国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Zhūhóu gè ài qí guó, bù ài yìguó, gù gōng yìguó yǐ lì qí guó. [Pinyin]

     As he loves only his own state and not the others, the feudal lord attacks the other states to profit his own.

   • 吾家嫁我兮天一方，遠託異國兮烏孫王。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾家嫁我兮天一方，远托异国兮乌孙王。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Wú jiā jià wǒ xī tiān yīfāng, yuǎn tuō yìguó xī Wūsūn wáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外國 (“foreign country”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夷, 番邦, 異邦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外國, 異國, 異邦, 外邦, 外域, 異國他鄉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外國
	Taiwan	外國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外國
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外國
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番邦 dated, 番國 dated
Southern Min	Xiamen	外國, 番邦 dated
	Quanzhou	外國, 番邦 dated
	Jinjiang	外國
	Manila (Hokkien)	外國
Wu	Shanghai	外國

Antonyms

• 祖國／祖国 (zǔguó)

Derived terms

• 異國情調 / 异国情调 (yìguó qíngdiào)
• 異國戀 / 异国恋 (yìguóliàn)