燕國

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	country; state; nation
trad. (燕國)		燕	國
simp. (燕国)		燕	国

Etymology

From Chinese 燕 ("Yan") + 國 ("kingdom", "sovereign state"), to clarify the intended sense of Yan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yānguó

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yānguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yanguó
  - Wade–Giles: Yen¹-kuo²
  - Yale: Yān-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iangwo
  - Palladius: Яньго (Janʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ gwok³
  - Yale: yīn gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

燕國

Yan, an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty

Synonyms

燕 (yàn)

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