Japanese Word Entry
中國語Simplified Japanese form: 中国語
| Kana: | ちゅうごくご |
| Romaji: | chuugokugo |
| Definition: | Chinese (language) |
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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 |
| 語 | word, speech, language, words, saying, expression |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩˇ (yǔ), ㄩˋ (yù) |
| Cantonese: | jyu5 |
| Japanese: | ゴ (go)、 ギョ (gyo) / かた.る (kataru)、 かた.らう (katarau)、 ことば (kotoba)、 つげる (tsugeru) |
| Korean: | 어 (eo) |
| Vietnamese: | ngữ, ngứ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 语 |