Chinese Word Entry

中國通

Simplified Chinese form: 中国通

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄥ
Mandarin (Pinyin): Zhōng guó tōng
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung1 gwok3 tung1
Definitions:
  1. China watcher

  2. an expert on China

  3. an old China hand


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Chinese characters used in this word

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

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:
Simplified Japanese form:
Semantic variant form:

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., common, communicate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄊㄨㄥ (tōng), ㄊㄨㄥˋ (tòng)
Cantonese: tung1
Japanese: ツウ (tsuu)、 ツ (tsu)、 トウ (tou) / とお.る (tooru)、 とお.り (toori)、 -とお.り (-toori)、 -どお.り (-doori)、 とお.す (toosu)、 とお.し (tooshi)、 -どお.し (-dooshi)、 かよ.う (kayou)
Korean: 통 (tong)
Vietnamese: thông