憂民憂國

Chinese

		to be concerned about the people's sufferings	to worry about national affairs
trad. (憂民憂國)		憂民	憂國
simp. (忧民忧国)		忧民	忧国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōumínyōuguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄡ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ man⁴ jau¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōumínyōuguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄡ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youmínyouguó
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-min²-yu¹-kuo²
    • Yale: yōu-mín-yōu-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouminiougwo
    • Palladius: юминьюго (juminʹjugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ min³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ man⁴ jau¹ gwok³
    • Yale: yāu màhn yāu gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ man⁴ jau¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ men⁴ yeo¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Idiom

憂民憂國

1. (uncommon) to be concerned about the people and the country

Synonyms

• 憂國憂民／忧国忧民 (yōuguóyōumín)