Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/国-guó

国/國 (guó)

Today, we will learn the Chinese character 国 (guó) which means "country", "nation" or "state".

中国/中國

zhōngguó China

zhōng means "central" or "middle"

zhōngguó means "central country"

爱国/愛國

àiguó : patriotic

爱(ài) means "love"

àiguó means "love your country" or "patriotic"

爱国如家/愛國如家 (ài guó rú jiā)

to love one's country as one's own family

德国/德國

Déguó : Germany

国际/國際

guójì : international

巴黎是一个国际大城市/巴黎是一個國際大城市 (Bālí shì yīge guójì dà chéngshì)

Paris is a big international city.

外国/外國

wàiguó : foreign country

外国人/外國人 wài guó rén : foreigner