戰國

See also: 战国 and 戦国

Chinese

		to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle	country; state; nation
trad. (戰國)		戰	國
simp. (战国)		战	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhànguó

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chan-koet
Eastern Min (BUC): Ciéng-guók
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chiàn-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhànguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhànguó
  - Wade–Giles: Chan⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: Jàn-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Janngwo
  - Palladius: Чжаньго (Čžanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin³ gwok³
  - Yale: jin gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chan-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: zan gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zan⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ciéng-guók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiàn-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Tsiàn-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciernkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

戰國

(history) the Warring States period (of Chinese history)
(history) the Sengoku period (of Japanese history)

Derived terms

戰國時代 / 战国时代 (Zhànguó Shídài)
戰國策 / 战国策 (Zhànguócè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (戰國):

→ Japanese: 戦国(せんごく) (Sengoku)
→ Korean: 전국(戰國) (Jeon'guk)
→ Vietnamese: Chiến Quốc (戰國)

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戰	國
せん Jinmeiyō	こく > ごく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 戰國 – see the following entry.

【戦国せんごく】

[noun] a warring state

[proper noun] short for 戦国時代 (sengoku jidai, “the Warring States period (of both Chinese and Japanese history)”)

(This term, 戰國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
戰	國

Proper noun

戰國 • (Jeon'guk) (hangeul 전국)

hanja form^? of 전국 (“Warring States”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
戰	國

Proper noun

戰國

chữ Hán form of Chiến Quốc

(history)

1. the Warring States period (of Chinese history)
2. the Sengoku period (of Japanese history)