國書
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Chinese
| country; state; nation | book; letter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (國書) | 國 | 書 | |
| simp. (国书) | 国 | 书 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guóshu
- Wade–Giles: kuo2-shu1
- Yale: gwó-shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoshu
- Palladius: гошу (gošu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwok3 syu1
- Yale: gwok syū
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwok8 sy1
- Guangdong Romanization: guog3 xu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔːk̚³ syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-su
- Tâi-lô: kok-su
- Phofsit Daibuun: koksw
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-sir
- Tâi-lô: kok-sir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-si
- Tâi-lô: kok-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: koksy
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ si⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: kwok syo
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷˤək s-ta/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡ hlja/
Noun
國書
- credentials
- (diplomacy) letter of credence
- documents exchanged between nations
- national script; national writing system
- 而以其不可以文字寫之，故惟樂人輩口相授受，或傳以國書而已。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 《西浦漫筆》 by Kim Manjung, late 1600s
- 이이기불가이문자사지(라) 고(로) 유악인배구상수수(하며) 혹전이국서이이(하니라)
I i gi bulga i munja sa ji, go yu agin bae gu sang susu, hok jeon i gukseo ii. [Sino-Korean] - But due to them being unable to be transcribed in characters, only groups of musicians pass them down mouth-to-mouth, or some people transmit them using the Korean alphabet, and that is all.