吳國

Chinese

		surname; province of Jiangsu	country; state; nation
trad. (吳國)		吳	國
simp. (吴国)		吴	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wúguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ǹg-koet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ngô͘-kok / Gô͘-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghou⁵ gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wúguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúguó
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-kuo²
    • Yale: Wú-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wugwo
    • Palladius: Уго (Ugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ gwok³
    • Yale: ǹgh gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ǹg-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngˇ gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng² gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹ ku̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Ngôo-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngo'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Gôo-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go'kog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghou⁵ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gôu kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/

Proper noun

吳國

1. (historical) the State of Wu (one of the states during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period)
2. (historical) Eastern Wu (one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period)
3. (historical) the State of Yang Wu (one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937)

Synonyms

• (state of Wu):

• 勾吳／勾吴 (Gōuwú)
• 勾吳國／勾吴国 (Gōuwúguó)
• 句吳／句吴 (Gōuwú)
• 吳／吴
• 工吳／工吴 (Gōngwú)

 

• (Eastern Wu): 東吳／东吴 (Dōngwú), 孫吳／孙吴 (Sūn Wú)
• (Yang Wu): 淮南 (Huáinán), 弘農／弘农 (Hóngnóng), 南吳／南吴, 楊吳／杨吴 (Yáng Wú)