guó

nation, country, nation-state

DEFINITIONS

  • nation, country, nation-state
  • surname Guo
  • country
  • nation
  • state
  • national
  • CL:個|个[ge4]

STROKES

WORDS

名 guó míng name of country
大 guó dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC); abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
营 guó yíng state-run (company etc); nationalized
葬 guó zàng state funeral
际歌 guó jì gē The Internationale
语 wài guó yǔ foreign language
shǔ guó vassal state
会员 huì yuán guó member nation
皇亲戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
wàn guó all nations
主义 jūn guó zhǔ yì militarism
人 hán guó rén Korean (person)
两制 yī guó liǎng zhì one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
演义 sān guó yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備|刘备, 蜀漢|蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
人民解放军 zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
中华民 zhōng huá mín guó Republic of China
联军 bā guó lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
刚果民主共和 gāng guǒ mín zhǔ gòng hé guó Democratic Republic of Congo
协约 xié yuē guó Allies; entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
丧权辱 sàng quán rǔ guó to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom); to surrender territory under humiliating terms
事访问 guó shì fǎng wèn state visit
学 guó xué Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
库券 guó kù quàn treasury bond
有化 guó yǒu huà nationalization
民经济 guó mín jīng jì national economy