外交部

Chinese

		diplomacy; foreign affairs	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
trad. (外交部)		外交	部
simp. #(外交部)		外交	部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàijiāobù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gaau¹ bou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-kau-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàijiāobù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàijiaobù
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-chiao¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: wài-jyāu-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayjiaubuh
    • Palladius: вайцзяобу (vajczjaobu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gaau¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: ngoih gāau bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gaau¹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ gao¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kaːu̯⁵⁵ pou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kau-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kau-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkau'po
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kau³³ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ³³/

Noun

外交部

1. foreign ministry; department of foreign affairs

Derived terms

• 外交部長／外交部长 (wàijiāobùzhǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	交	部
がい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	ぶ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

外(がい)交(こう)部(ぶ) • (gaikōbu) 

1. foreign ministry, (department of) foreign affairs

Usage notes

This word refers to the foreign ministry of other countries (e.g. China or South Korea). In Japan and North Korea, the equivalent term is 外務省.

Korean

Hanja in this term
外	交	部

Noun

外交部 • (oegyobu) (hangeul 외교부)

1. Hanja form^? of 외교부 (“foreign ministry, (department of) foreign affairs”).