南國

南國

1. (historical, obsolete) states along the Yangtze and Han rivers

   • 滔滔江漢，南國之紀。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     滔滔江汉，南国之纪。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tāotāo Jiānghàn, nánguó zhī jì. [Pinyin]

     Grandly flow the Jiang and the Han,
     Regulators of the southern States.

2. the southern part of the country; the South (of China); southland

   • 紅豆生南國，春來發幾枝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     红豆生南国，春来发几枝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 王維 (Wang Wei), 相思

     Hóngdòu shēng nánguó, chūn lái fā jǐ zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 北國／北国 (běiguó)

南國

1. (Vietnamese Classical Chinese) Vietnam

   • 我爲南國人。生長南國土。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1909, Ấu học hán tự tân thư (幼學漢字新書), page 9

     Ngã vi Nam Quốc nhân. Sinh trưởng Nam Quốc thổ. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     I am person of Vietnam; Born and nourished on southern soil.

2. (～市) Nankoku (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)

南國(なんごく) • (nangoku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 南国