四國

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Chinese

		four	country; state; nation
trad. (四國)		四	國
simp. (四国)		四	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìguó

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ gwok³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhguó
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: sz̀-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhgwo
  - Palladius: сыго (sygo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ gwok³
  - Yale: sei gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-koq
  - MiniDict: sy^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

四國

Shikoku (the fourth largest island in Japan)

Derived terms

四國中央 / 四国中央 (Sìguózhōngyāng)

Noun

四國

(literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven

Synonyms

世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
世界 (shìjiè)
區宇 / 区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
宇內 / 宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)

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