建國

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	country; state; nation
trad. (建國)		建	國
simp. (建国)		建	国
anagram		國建／国建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwok³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kien-koet / kian-koet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gian⁴ guêd⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): gióng-guók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giêng⁶ gog⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ci-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànguó
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: jyàn-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngwo
    • Palladius: цзяньго (czjanʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gwok³
    • Yale: gin gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian<sup>4</sup> gued<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gian⁴ guêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kian⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɛt̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gióng-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kok
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giêng⁶ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiĕng kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-koq
    • MiniDict: ci^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

建⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to found a country; to establish a nation-state; to build a nation

Synonyms

• 開國／开国 (kāiguó)
• (literary) 開基／开基 (kāijī)

Derived terms

• 勤儉建國／勤俭建国 (qínjiǎnjiànguó)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (建國):

• → Japanese: 建国(けんこく) (kenkoku)
• → Korean: 건국(建國) (geon'guk)
• → Vietnamese: kiến quốc (建國)

Proper noun

建國

1. (chiefly Mainland China) the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
2. (neologism, slang, humorous) Short for 川建國／川建国 (Chuān Jiànguó, “Donald Trump”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
建	國
けん Grade: 4	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

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

【建国けんこく】 [noun] establishment of a nation [verb] to found/establish a nation

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
建	國

Noun

建國 • (geon'guk) (hangeul 건국)

1. Hanja form^? of 건국.