番國

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	country; state; nation
trad. (番國)		番	國
simp. (番国)		番	国

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): huăng-guók

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/

Noun

番國

1. (Eastern Min, dated) foreign country

Synonyms

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外國
	Taiwan	外國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外國
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外國
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番邦 dated, 番國 dated
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

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