歸國

See also: 帰国

Chinese

		to go back; to return	country; state; nation
trad. (歸國)		歸	國
simp. (归国)		归	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueiguó
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-kuo²
    • Yale: gwēi-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigwo
    • Palladius: гуйго (gujgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ gwok³
    • Yale: gwāi gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-kok
    • Tâi-lô: kui-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjw+j kwok

Rime
Character	歸	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舉韋切	古或切
Baxter	kjw+j	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉi/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɨi/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuəi/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuj/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/kiuəi/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭwəi/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwe̯i/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷəj  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klul  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歸	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guī	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwɨj ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷəj/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	return (v.)	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歸	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17748	5547
Phonetic component	追	或
Rime group	微	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	歸	國
Old Chinese	/*klul/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Verb

歸⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (formal) to return to one's home country

Synonyms

• 回國／回国 (huíguó)

Derived terms

• 歸國學人／归国学人

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歸國):

• → Japanese: 帰(き)国(こく) (kikoku)
• → Korean: 귀국(歸國) (gwiguk)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歸	國
き Hyōgaiji	こく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 歸國 – see the following entry.

【帰国きこく】 [noun] a return to one's country [verb] to return to one's country

(This term, 歸國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
歸	國

Noun

歸國 • (gwiguk) (hangeul 귀국)

1. Hanja form^? of 귀국 (“homecoming, returning to one's country”).