邦國

Chinese

		a state; country or nation	country; state; nation
trad. (邦國)		邦	國
simp. (邦国)		邦	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pang-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bangguó
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹-kuo²
    • Yale: bāng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banggwo
    • Palladius: банго (bango)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹ gwok³
    • Yale: bōng gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang-kok
    • Tâi-lô: pang-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pangkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

邦國

1. nation; state; country

   • 宜大夫庶士、邦國是有。既多受祉、黃髮兒齒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宜大夫庶士、邦国是有。既多受祉、黄发儿齿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yí dàfū shù shì, bāngguó shì yǒu. Jì duō shòu zhǐ, huángfà'érchǐ. [Pinyin]

     With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers.
     Our region and State shall he hold,
     Thus receiving many blessings,
     To hoary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child's.