国家/國家 guójiā — country, nation, state

Meanings

1. 1

   country, nation, state

   A country as a political whole. To ask where someone comes from, Chinese says 你是哪国人？ using the single character 国, and keeps 国家 for talking about countries as such.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 国/國

  guó (second tone, rising)

  country, nation, state; national

  8 strokes⿴囗玉Radical 囗
• 家

  jiā (first tone, high and level)

  home; family, household; a specialist (as a suffix, e.g. 画家 painter); measure word for shops and businesses

  10 strokes⿱宀豕Radical 宀

Example sentences

• 你去过几个国家？/你去過幾個國家？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) qùguo (fourth tone, falling) jǐ (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) guójiā? (second tone, rising)···

  How many countries have you been to?

• 每个国家的文化都不一样。/每個國家的文化都不一樣。Měi (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) guójiā (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) wénhuà (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) yíyàng. (second tone, rising)···

  Every country has its own culture.

Similar words

Words containing 国

• 中国/中國Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level)China
• 国际/國際guójì (second tone, rising)international
• 全国/全國quán (second tone, rising) guó (second tone, rising)whole nation
• 国/國guó (second tone, rising)country; nation; state
• 国内/國內guó (second tone, rising) nèi (fourth tone, falling)domestic
• 国王/國王guó (second tone, rising) wáng (second tone, rising)king
• 国外/國外guó (second tone, rising) wài (fourth tone, falling)abroad
• 联合国/聯合國Lián (second tone, rising) hé (second tone, rising) guó (second tone, rising)United Nations
• 外国/外國wài (fourth tone, falling) guó (second tone, rising)foreign (country)
• 祖国/祖國zǔ (third tone, dipping) guó (second tone, rising)ancestral land CL:個|个[gè]
• 国会/國會Guó (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)Parliament (UK)
• 帝国/帝國dì (fourth tone, falling) guó (second tone, rising)empire
• 国土/國土guó (second tone, rising) tǔ (third tone, dipping)country's territory
• 共和国/共和國gòng (fourth tone, falling) hé (second tone, rising) guó (second tone, rising)republic
• 国民/國民guó (second tone, rising) mín (second tone, rising)nationals
• 国务院/國務院Guó (second tone, rising) Wù (fourth tone, falling) Yuàn (fourth tone, falling)State Council (PRC)
• 出国/出國chū (first tone, high and level) guó (second tone, rising)to go abroad; to leave the country

Words containing 家

• 家jiā (first tone, high and level)home, house
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 家庭jiā (first tone, high and level) tíng (second tone, rising)family
• 家里/家裡jiā (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping)home
• 专家/專家zhuān (first tone, high and level) jiā (first tone, high and level)expert
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 家伙/傢伙jiā (first tone, high and level) huo (neutral tone)household dish
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 在家zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level)to be at home
• 家长/家長jiā (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)head of a household
• 家族jiā (first tone, high and level) zú (second tone, rising)family
• 科学家/科學家kē (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)scientist
• 家具jiā (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling)furniture
• 家乡/家鄉jiā (first tone, high and level) xiāng (first tone, high and level)hometown
• 全家quán (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)whole family
• 家属/家屬jiā (first tone, high and level) shǔ (third tone, dipping)family member