賣國

Chinese

		sell	country; state; nation
trad. (賣國)		賣	國
simp. (卖国)		卖	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maai⁶ gwok³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai⁵ gok²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-koet
• Eastern Min (BUC): mâ̤-guók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-kok / bē-kok / māi-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi⁷ gog⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ma-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiguó
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: mài-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maygwo
    • Palladius: майго (majgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ gwok³
    • Yale: maaih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mai⁵ gok²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai³² kɔk̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mâ̤-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-kok
    • Tâi-lô: buē-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexkog
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-kok
    • Tâi-lô: bē-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexkog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-kok
    • Tâi-lô: māi-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixkog
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhoi⁷ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bōi kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /boi¹¹ kok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ma-koq
    • MiniDict: ma^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ma-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ma²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

賣⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to betray one's country; to commit treason; to quisle

Derived terms

• 賣國求榮／卖国求荣 (màiguóqiúróng)
• 賣國賊／卖国贼 (màiguózéi)
• 賣港／卖港 (màigǎng)
• 賣臺／卖台 (màitái)

 

References

• Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “賣／卖 (bōi)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 15

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賣	國
ばい Jinmeiyō	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 賣國 – see the following entry.

【売国ばいこく】 [noun] selling out one's nation, treason

(This term, 賣國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
賣	國

Noun

賣國 • (maeguk) (hangeul 매국)

1. Hanja form^? of 매국. : selling out one's nation, treason