西國

Chinese

		west	country; state; nation
trad. (西國)		西	國
simp. (西国)		西	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ gwok³
• Eastern Min (BUC): să̤-guók
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siguó
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-kuo²
    • Yale: syī-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigwo
    • Palladius: сиго (sigo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ gwok³
    • Yale: sāi gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: să̤-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-koq
    • MiniDict: shi^平 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ koʔ²¹/

Noun

西國

1. (historical, literary) feudal lords of western states

Proper noun

西國

1. (literary) Alternative name for 西域 (Xīyù, “Western Regions”).
2. (literary) "western countries", the region where Buddhism originated: India and Central Asia

   • 固少小苦學，字書無不識者。西國梵字，亦能讀之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     固少小苦学，字书无不识者。西国梵字，亦能读之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9^th century, 李復言,《定婚店》

     Gù shàoxiǎo kǔxué, zìshū wúbù shízhě. Xīguó fànzì, yì néng dú zhī. [Pinyin]

     I study hard from a young age, and I know every Chinese character on the dictionary. Even Sanskrit from the Western countries is as easy to me as ABC.

3. (dated) Western countries; countries in Europe and the Americas