我國

Chinese

		I; me	country; state; nation
trad. (我國)		我	國
simp. (我国)		我	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǒguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ gwok³
Min Nan (POJ): ngó͘-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǒguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuogwo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁵ gwok³
  - Yale: ngóh gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ guog³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-kok
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

我國

my country; our country; China

Usage notes

Although literally "my/our country", 我國／我国 should be used with care when the speaker and the audience do not necessarily share a national identity, or the speaker is not from a Chinese-speaking country, to avoid confusion. Usually translated as "China".

Antonyms

他國／他国 (tāguó)

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