発展途上国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
発	展	途	上	国
はつ > はっ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 6	と Grade: S	じょう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
發展途上國 (kyūjitai)

     developing economies according to the IMF
     developing economies out of scope of the IMF
     graduated to developed economy (先進国 senshin koku)

Etymology

Compound of 発展 (hatten, “development, growth”) +‎ 途上 (tojō, “partway, in the process of”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はってんとじょ​ーこく [hàttéń tójóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t̚tẽ̞n to̞ʑo̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) • (hatten tojō koku) 

1. developing country, emerging economy

Synonyms

• 途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (tojō koku) (abbreviation of 発展途上国)
• 開(かい)発(はつ)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (kaihatsu tojō koku) (less common)
• 低(てい)開(かい)発(はつ)国(こく) (tei kaihatsu koku) (literally, “low-development country”)
• 後(こう)進(しん)国(こく) (kōshin koku) (less common; literally, “backward country”)

Related terms

• 先(せん)進(しん)国(こく) (senshin koku) developed country
• 新(しん)興(こう)国(こく) (shinkō koku) newly industrialized country