國防

Chinese

		country; state; nation	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (國防)		國	防
simp. (国防)		国	防

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guófáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ fong⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorh⁶ horng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guófáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guófáng
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-fang²
  - Yale: gwó-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwofarng
  - Palladius: гофан (gofan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ fong⁴
  - Yale: gwok fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³ fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ fɔːŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh⁶ horng² [Phonetic: gorh⁷ horng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤h-hó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ hɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh⁶ horng² [Phonetic: gorh⁷ horng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒʔ²⁻⁴ hɒŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-hông
  - Tâi-lô: kok-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kokhoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²³/

Noun

國防

national defense
國防開支／国防开支 ― guófáng kāizhī ― defense expenditure

國防預算／国防预算 ― guófáng yùsuàn ― defense budget

Derived terms

國防建設 / 国防建设
國防教育 / 国防教育
國防綠 / 国防绿
國防軍 / 国防军
國防部 / 国防部 (guófángbù)
國防體制 / 国防体制

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (國防):

→ Japanese: 国防(こくぼう) (kokubō)
→ Korean: 국방(國防) (gukbang)
→ Vietnamese: quốc phòng (國防)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	防
こく Jinmeiyō	ぼう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくぼー [kòkúbóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟bo̞ː]

Noun

國(こく)防(ぼう) • (kokubō)

Kyūjitai form of 国防: national defense

Korean

Hanja in this term
國	防

Noun

國防 • (gukbang) (hangeul 국방)

hanja form^? of 국방 (“national defense”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	防

Noun

國防

chữ Hán form of quốc phòng (“national defense”)