鄰國

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See also: 隣国

Chinese

neighbour; adjacent; close to country; state; nation
trad. (鄰國/隣國) /
simp. (邻国)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (28)
Final () (43) (132)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter lin kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪn/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lin/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljen/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lin/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/liĕn/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/lĭĕn/ /kuək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ĕn/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lín guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lan4 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lín guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ lin › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*(mə.)rə/ /*ʷˁək/
English group of 5 families; neighbor state (n.)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8195 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rin/ /*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

鄰國

  1. neighbouring country

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鄰國):
  • Japanese: 隣国(りんごく) (ringoku)
  • Korean: 인국(鄰國) (in'guk)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鄰國 (in'guk) (hangeul 인국)

  1. hanja form? of 인국 (neighbouring country)