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萬國

萬國

See also: 万国

Chinese

		myriad numberless	lands countries (nation-)states
trad. (萬國)		萬	國
simp. (万国)		万	国

Adjective

萬國

(dated) international, global

Synonyms

國際／国际 (guójì)

Derived terms

萬國公報／万国公报
萬國博覽會／万国博览会

萬國旗／万国旗
萬國碼／万国码

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	國
ばん Jinmeiyō	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [bã̠ŋko̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

萬國 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 万国, hiragana ばんこく, romaji bankoku)

all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations

Etymology

From colloquial use of 萬 to represent any very large or uncountable number

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wànguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-koet
Min Nan (POJ): bān-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanngwo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: maahn gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²² kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: van gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ gued⁵
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-kok
  - Tâi-lô: bān-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/