島國

See also: 島国 and 岛国

Chinese

		island	country; state; nation
trad. (島國)		島	國
simp. (岛国)		岛	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎoguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoguó
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-kuo²
    • Yale: dǎu-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daogwo
    • Palladius: даого (daogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² gwok³
    • Yale: dóu gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-kok
    • Tâi-lô: tó-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doy'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

島國

1. island country; island state (Classifier: 個／个)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (島國):

• → Japanese: 島国(とうごく) (tōgoku)
• → Korean: 도국(島國) (doguk)
• → Vietnamese: đảo quốc (島國)

Proper noun

島國

1. (slang) Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
島	國
しま Grade: 3	くに > ぐに Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

島(しま)國(ぐに) • (shimaguni) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 島国 (“island country; island state”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
島	國

Noun

島國 • (doguk) (hangeul 도국)

1. Hanja form^? of 도국 (“island state”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
島	國

Noun

島國

1. chữ Hán form of đảo quốc (“island state”).