島國

See also: 島国 and 岛国

Chinese

		island	country; state; nation
trad. (島國)		島	國
simp. (岛国)		岛	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎoguó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² gwok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoguó
  - Wade–Giles: tao³-kuo²
  - Yale: dǎu-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daogwo
  - Palladius: даого (daogo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou² gwok³
  - Yale: dóu gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou² gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou² guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-kok
  - Tâi-lô: tó-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doy'kog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/

Noun

島國

island country; island state (Classifier: 個／个)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (島國):

→ Japanese: 島国(とうごく) (tōgoku)
→ Korean: 도국(島國) (doguk)
→ Vietnamese: đảo quốc (島國)

Proper noun

島國

(slang) Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
島	國
しま Grade: 3	くに > ぐに Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

島(しま)國(ぐに) • (shimaguni)

Kyūjitai form of 島国 (“island country; island state”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
島	國

Noun

島國 • (doguk) (hangeul 도국)

hanja form^? of 도국 (“island state”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
島	國

Noun

島國

chữ Hán form of đảo quốc (“island state”)