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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• 魏
• 梁 (liáng)
• 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó)