国际/國際 guójì — international

Meanings

1. 1

   international

   际, the space between — 国际 is literally what happens between countries, not within any one of them. It sits directly before another noun almost every time it is used: 国际机场, 国际新闻, an adjective in function though a noun by category.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 国/國

  guó (second tone, rising)

  country, nation, state; national

  8 strokes⿴囗玉Radical 囗

Example sentences

• 北京有一个很大的国际机场。/北京有一個很大的國際機場。Běijīng (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) guójì (second tone, rising) jīchǎng. (first tone, high and level)···

  Beijing has a large international airport.

• 这次比赛是国际比赛，很多国家都参加了。/這次比賽是國際比賽，很多國家都參加了。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling) bǐsài (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) guójì (second tone, rising) bǐsài, (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) guójiā (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) cānjiā (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···

  This competition is an international one — many countries took part.

Similar words

Words containing 国

• 中国/中國Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level)China
• 国家/國家guójiā (second tone, rising)country, nation, state
• 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