敵國

Chinese

		enemy; match	country; state; nation
trad. (敵國)		敵	國
simp. (敌国)		敌	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): díguó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ gwok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-kok / tia̍k-kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: díguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: díguó
  - Wade–Giles: ti²-kuo²
  - Yale: dí-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyigwo
  - Palladius: диго (digo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dik⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: dihk gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² kʷɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-kok
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degkog
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-kok
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diagkog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² kɔk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: dek kwok

Rime
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	徒歷切	古或切
Baxter	dek	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dek̚/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dek̚/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛk̚/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjk̚/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/dek̚/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/diek̚/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiek̚/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dí	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik⁶	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤek [C.q]ʷˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dí	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ dek ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁek/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	oppose; enemy	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敵	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2340	5547
Phonetic component	帝	或
Rime group	錫	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	荻	國
Old Chinese	/*deːɡ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

敵國

enemy state; enemy country
- 訟敵國，揚軍旅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  讼敌国，扬军旅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Sòng díguó, yáng jūnlǚ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敵	國
てき Grade: 6	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
敵	國
てき > てっ Grade: 6	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

【敵国てきこく】	[noun] enemy (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
【敵国てっこく】	[noun] alternative form of 敵国 (tekikoku)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
敵	國

Noun

敵國 • (jeokguk) (hangeul 적국)

hanja form^? of 적국 (“enemy state”)