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国家國家 guójiā — country, nation, state

guójiā (second tone, rising)guo2jia1

Traditional: 國家

country, nation, state

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 个
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Meanings

  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

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