For pronunciation and definitions of中国 – see中國 (“middle country; central country; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of中國). |
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| 中國(kyūjitai) |
FromMiddle Chinese中國 (MC trjuwng kwok, literally “centralcountry”). Compare modernCantonese中國 /中国(zung1 gwok3). Attested from at least the 12th century.[1]
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where the "China" sense first attested in a Japanese document?”)
中国• (Chūgoku)
- China
- (historical or contemporary) any of severalkingdoms,empires, orstates of theChinese people
- Hyponyms:殷(In),周(Shū),秦(Shin),漢(Kan),唐(Tō),中華民国(Chūka Minkoku)
c.1120,Konjaku monogatari shū [Tales of Times Now Past], scroll 6: - 造り奉れる体を見るに、中國には不似ず、面[めう]胡国に似たり。
- Tsukuri matsureru sugata o miru ni,Chūgoku ni wa fu-nizu, men[meu] kokoku ni nitari.
- Judging from the appearance [of the statue], it is not unlike those inChina, though the face resembles the northern nations.
- (especially in contemporary usage)short for中華人民共和国(Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku), thePeople's Republic of China
- クニ？クニってなあに。
- Kuni? Kuni tte nāni.
- Country? What’s a country?
アメリカとか中国とかいろいろあるじゃない。- Amerika tokaChūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.
- You know, countries. There are a bunch of them like America andChina.
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FromMiddle Chinese中國 (MC trjuwng kwok).(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)
Analyzable as a compound of中(chū,“center,middle”) +国(koku,“province”). Thekoku changes togoku as an instance ofrendaku (連濁).
中国• (chūgoku)
- thecentralpart of acountry, historically, commonly known as thecapital city or themainregion, where anemperor or otherrulerresides
- somethingwithin a country
- (historical) under the律令(Ritsuryō) system, aprovince of thethirdrank according to a four-rank system based onpopulation andarea
- (historical) under the律令(Ritsuryō) system, aprovince of thesecond rank according to thedistance from thecapital city
- collectiveterm for the山陽道(San'yōdō) and山陰道(San'indō)regions ofJapan
中国• (Chūgoku)
- short for中国地方(Chūgoku chihō): theChūgoku region ofJapan
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From中(naka,“center,middle”) +国(kuni,“country”).
中国• (Nakakuni)
- asurname
- ^Shōgaku Tosho (1988)国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese),Tōkyō:Shogakukan,→ISBN
- ^Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997),新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
- ^Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006),大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
中国
- Sawndip form ofCunghgoz
