開國

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	country; state; nation
trad. (開國)		開	國
simp. (开国)		开	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-koet

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiguó
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kuo²
    • Yale: kāi-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaigwo
    • Palladius: кайго (kajgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ gwok³
    • Yale: hōi gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ gued^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ ku̯et̚²/

Verb

開⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to found a state, country or kingdom
2. to open up a country to Westerners (for trade and diplomatic relationship)

Synonyms

• 建國／建国 (jiànguó)
• (literary) 開基／开基 (kāijī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開國):

• → Korean: 개국(開國) (gaeguk)
• → Vietnamese: khai quốc (開國)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	國
かい Grade: 3	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

【開国かいこく】 [noun] opening of a country to foreigners [verb] to open a country to foreigners

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
開	國

Noun

開國 • (gaeguk) (hangeul 개국)

1. hanja form^? of 개국