陰國

See also: 阴国

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	country; state; nation
trad. (陰國)		陰	國
simp. (阴国)		阴	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yīnguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīnguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yinguó
    • Wade–Giles: Yin¹-kuo²
    • Yale: Yīn-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingwo
    • Palladius: Иньго (Inʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ gwok³
    • Yale: yām gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

陰國

1. (historical) the land of the Barbarians

Antonyms

• 陽國／阳国

Etymology 2

Literally "negative country". A pun on 英國／英国 (Yīngguó), as the first characters 英 (yīng) and 陰／阴 (yīn) are nearly or exactly homophonous in many Sinitic languages.

Proper noun

陰國

1. (neologism, derogatory, slang) United Kingdom, a country in Europe