quốc

See also: Quốc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam, obsolete) cuốc
  • (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) quấc

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kuək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kuək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wək̚˦˥]
  • Homophone: cuốc (northern Vietnam); quất (southern Vietnam)
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Romanization

quốc

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
    vong quốc"a dying country (under foreign oppression)"; lit. "lost country"

Derived terms