你國
Chinese
| you | country; state; nation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (你國) | 你 | 國 | |
| simp. (你国) | 你 | 国 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Nǐguó
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Nǐguó
- Wade–Giles: Ni3-kuo2
- Yale: Nǐ-gwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niigwo
- Palladius: Ниго (Nigo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: nei5 gwok3
- Yale: néih gwok
- Cantonese Pinyin: nei5 gwok8
- Guangdong Romanization: néi5 guog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /nei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
你國
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 你 (nǐ), 國 / 国 (guó).
- (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, sarcastic or offensive) "Your China"; "Not my China"
- 不解決問題而是解決提出問題的人，沒有比這更你國特色的了。 [MSC, trad.]
- Bù jiějué wèntí érshì jiějué tíchū wèntí de rén, méiyǒu bǐ zhè gèng nǐguó tèsè de le. [Pinyin]
- "Solving" the one who brings up the problem rather than actually solving the problem ― nothing is more your-China characteristic than this one.
不解决问题而是解决提出问题的人，没有比这更你国特色的了。 [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
- Generally used by Chinese netizens to retort against ultranationalistic commentators who tend to use the bureaucratic term 我國／我国 (wǒguó, “our country; our China”) in a patriotic context, and also as a way to express their dissenting stance and disdain towards the country's ruling communist regime, with the first-person pronoun 我 (wǒ, “I; our”) replaced by the second-person pronoun 你 (nǐ, “you; your”) to express alienness to the China as extolled by those commentators.[1]
- It should be noted that nationalist Chinese netizens would find this term profoundly offensive.
Synonyms
- 中 (abbreviation)
- 中共 (Zhōnggòng) (Taiwan, derogatory)
- 中共國 / 中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
- 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
- 中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
- 中華 / 中华 (Zhōnghuá)
- 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
- 唐山 (Tángshān)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
- 大朝 (archaic)
- 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
- 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
- 契弟 (qìdì) (Hong Kong, Internet slang, derogatory)
- 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
- 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
- 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
- 牆國 / 墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
- 祖國 / 祖国 (zǔguó)
- 神土 (historical)
- 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
- 終國 / 终国 (derogatory)
- 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
- 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
- 華 / 华 (abbreviation)
- 華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
- 虫國 (chóngguó) (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
- 蚛蟈 / 蚛蝈 (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
- 諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
- 諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
- 貴支 / 贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
- 贏國 / 赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
- 赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)
Derived terms
- 你國人 / 你国人
- 你國藥丸 / 你国药丸
See also
- 天朝 (Tiāncháo)
- 趙國／赵国 (Zhàoguó)
- 強國／强国 (qiángguó)
- 貴國／贵国 (guìguó)
- 我國／我国 (wǒguó)
- 他國／他国 (tāguó)
- 桂枝 (guìzhī)