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  *國* | 國* | *國
country; nation; state / (bound form) national
HSK 1
country; nation; state / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
foreign country
HSK 1
international
HSK 2
to go abroad; to leave the country
HSK 2
to return to one's home country
HSK 2
whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
HSK 2
domestic / internal (to a country) / civil
HSK 3
National Day
HSK 3
United Nations
HSK 3
to love one's country / patriotic
HSK 4
nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
nationality
HSK 5
domestically produced
HSK 6
Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
HSK 6
flag (of a country) / CL:
HSK 6
king
HSK 6
motherland
HSK 6
national anthem
HSK 6
empire / imperial
HSK 7-9
kingdom / realm
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
national defense
HSK 7-9
nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
country's territory / national land
HSK 7-9
transnational / multinational
HSK 7-9
the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country
HSK 7-9
national treasure
HSK 7-9
neighboring country
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院 internationally / abbr. to 漢辦|汉办
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments
Myanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD)
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
The Export-Import Bank of China (state-owned bank)
creditor country
the American people
PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会
Organization of American States
Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
international human rights norms
United States; USA; US
country of origin
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
global network / Internet
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net
Defense secretary / Defense Minister
Cable Network News (CNN)
exoticism / local color / exotic
to internationalize / internationalization
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *國* | 國* | *國
surname Guo
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全) / national security act / state security agency
kimchi
monarchy / sovereign state
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
elementary school (Tw)
foreign language
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
(slang) Japan
Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
(slang) Australia
ancient country
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
Frenchman / French person
national economy
COMAC, Chinese aeronautics company (abbr. for 中國商用飛機|中国商用飞机)
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
landlocked country
Bank of China (BoC)
French Revolution (1789)
traitor
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. to 中石化
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. to 證監會|证监会)
US Congress
to rule according to the law
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
(slang) South Korea

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