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Chinese
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happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
country; state; nation
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| trad. (故國)
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故
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國
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| simp. (故国)
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故
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国
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| anagram
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國故／国故
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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故
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國
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gù
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guó
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuH ›
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‹ kwok ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁaʔ-s/
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/*ʷˁək/
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| English
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old (not new)
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state (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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故
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國
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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4228
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5547
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Phonetic
component
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古
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或
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Rime
group
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魚
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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顧
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國
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Old
Chinese
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/*kaːs/
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/*kʷɯːɡ/
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Noun
故國
- (literary) ancient country; nonexistent country
- (literary) old country; country with a long history
- (literary) one's native country; native land; homeland
- (literary) one's hometown
Synonyms
- (old country): 古國／古国 (gǔguó)
- (one's native country):
- 土 (literary, or in compounds)
- 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
- 故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
- 故土 (gùtǔ)
- 故鄉／故乡 (gùxiāng)
- 故里 (gùlǐ)
- 老家 (lǎojiā)
- 老屋 (Hakka)
- 鄉下／乡下
- 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
- 鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
- 鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
- 鄉黨／乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)