売国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
売	国
ばい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku)

selling out one's nation, treason
それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。
Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
That's like selling out the country.

Derived terms

売国奴(ばいこくど) (baikokudo, “traitor”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.