敝國

Chinese

		(polite) my; poor; ruined (polite) my; poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated	country; state; nation
trad. (敝國)		敝	國
simp. (敝国)		敝	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìguó

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìguó
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: bì-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihgwo
  - Palladius: биго (bigo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Noun

敝國

(archaic) one's own country
Antonym: 貴國／贵国 (guìguó)
- 敝國雖狹，地方三千里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  敝国虽狭，地方三千里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Bìguó suī xiá, dìfāng sānqiān lǐ. [Pinyin]
  Though my country is small, it spans three thousand li.

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