外國

See also: 外国

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	country; state; nation
trad. (外國)		外	國
simp. (外国)		外	国
alternative forms		歪國／歪国 humorous
anagram		國外／国外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàiguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-koet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ gog⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nga-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguó
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: wài-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwo
    • Palladius: вайго (vajgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: ngoih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghua⁷ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ kok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga-koq
    • MiniDict: nga^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 外國

1. foreign country

   外國朋友／外国朋友  ―  wàiguó péngyou  ―  foreign friends

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 外國 (“foreign country”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夷, 番邦, 異邦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外國, 異國, 異邦, 外邦, 外域, 異國他鄉
Mandarin	Beijing	外國
	Taiwan	外國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外國
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外國
Southern Min	Xiamen	外國, 番邦 dated
	Quanzhou	外國, 番邦 dated
	Jinjiang	外國
	Manila (Hokkien)	外國
Wu	Shanghai	外國

See also

• 外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)

Further reading

• “Entry #1537”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	國
がい Grade: 2	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 外国: foreign country

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Korean

Hanja in this term
外	國

Noun

外國 • (oeguk) (hangeul 외국)

1. Hanja form^? of 외국 (“foreign country”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
外	國

Noun

外國

1. Template:han tu form of