魏國

Chinese

Etymology

		surname; name of a dynasty	country; state; nation
trad. (魏國)		魏	國
simp. (魏国)		魏	国

From Chinese 魏 ("Wei") + 國 ("kingdom", "sovereign state"), to clarify the sense.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wèiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ gwok³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Gūi-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghui⁷ gog⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wèiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wèiguó
  - Wade–Giles: Wei⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: Wèi-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weygwo
  - Palladius: Вэйго (Vɛjgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: ngaih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gūi-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Guī-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guixkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡui³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghui⁷ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gūi kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡui¹¹ kok̚²/

Proper noun

魏國

(historical) Wei, a Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
(historical, informal) Liang, the same realm after it was raised to a kingdom

Synonyms

魏
梁 (liáng)
梁國 (Liángguó)

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