霓虹國

Chinese

		rainbow; neon	country; state; nation
trad. (霓虹國)		霓虹	國
simp. (霓虹国)		霓虹	国

Etymology

霓虹 (níhóng) is a phono-semantic matching of Japanese 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Níhóngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Níhóngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Níhóngguó
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²-hung²-kuo²
    • Yale: Ní-húng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nihornggwo
    • Palladius: Нихунго (Nixungo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

霓虹國

1. (slang) Japan