Japanese Word Entry
中國本土Simplified Japanese form: 中国本土
| Kana: | ちゅうごくほんど |
| Romaji: | chuugokuhondo |
| Definition: | mainland China, China proper |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 中 | in, inside, middle, mean, center, central, in the midst of, hit (target), attain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng), ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng) |
| Cantonese: | zung1 |
| Japanese: | チュウ (chuu) / なか (naka)、 うち (uchi)、 あた.る (ataru) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | trung, trúng |
| 國 | country, nation, nation-state |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó) |
| Cantonese: | gwok3 |
| Japanese: | コク (koku) / くに (kuni) |
| Korean: | 국 (gug) |
| Vietnamese: | quốc |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 国 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 国 |
| Semantic variant form: | 囯 |
| 本 | book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things, root, source, basis |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄣˇ (běn), ㄅㄣ (bēn) |
| Cantonese: | bun2 |
| Japanese: | ホン (hon) / もと (moto) |
| Korean: | 본 (bon) |
| Vietnamese: | bổn, bản |
| 土 | soil, earth, ground, Turkey, items made of earth |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄨˇ (tǔ), ㄉㄨˋ (dù), ㄔㄚˇ (chǎ), ㄊㄨˊ (tú) |
| Cantonese: | tou2 |
| Japanese: | ド (do)、 ト (to) / つち (tsuchi) |
| Korean: | 토 (to), 두 (du) |
| Vietnamese: | thổ, độ, đỗ |