Japanese Word Entry
中國大返しSimplified Japanese form: 中国大返し
| Kana: | ちゅうごくおおがえし |
| Romaji: | chuugokuoogaeshi |
| Definition: | Chūgoku Retaliation (military maneuver by Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1582) |
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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 |
| 大 | large, big, great, vast, high |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄚˋ (dà), ㄉㄞˋ (dài), ㄊㄞˋ (tài) |
| Cantonese: | daai6 |
| Japanese: | ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)、 タ (ta) / おお- (oo-)、 おお.きい (ookii)、 -おお.いに (-ooini)、 はじめ (hajime)、 おおいに (ooini) |
| Korean: | 대 (dae), 다 (da), 태 (tae) |
| Vietnamese: | đại, thái |
| 返 | return, answer, fade, repay, revert to, restore |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄢˇ (fǎn) |
| Cantonese: | faan2 |
| Japanese: | ヘン (hen)、 ハン (han)、 ホン (hon) / かえ.す (kaesu)、 -かえ.す (-kaesu)、 かえ.る (kaeru)、 -かえ.る (-kaeru) |
| Korean: | 반 (ban) |
| Vietnamese: | phản |