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country; nation; state / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *国* | 国* | *国
country; nation; state / (bound form) national
HSK 1
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
international
HSK 2
National Day
HSK 3
domestic / internal (to a country) / civil
HSK 3
nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
nationality
HSK 5
domestically produced
HSK 6
king
HSK 6
national anthem
HSK 6
flag (of a country) / CL:
HSK 6
Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
HSK 6
nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned
HSK 7-9
national defense
HSK 7-9
country's territory / national land
HSK 7-9
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
national treasure
HSK 7-9
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability
Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
official state pronunciation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *国* | 国* | *国
surname Guo
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)
international law
nationalism / statism
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理)
country code
International Business Machines / IBM
Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC)
national law
The Internationale
the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
(at an) international level
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
to localize (production) / localization
national border
traditional Chinese style
national debt / government debt
national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全) / national security act / state security agency
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
International Space Station
Interfax News Agency
national boundary; border between countries
nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
(law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and companies are accorded the same treatment as nationals or domestic goods, services and companies within the host country
locust tree (Sophora japonica)
National Revolutionary Army
chess / CL:
the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party (abbr. for 國民黨|国民党 + 共產黨|共产党)
monarch
national border / frontier
National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA)
national highway
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) (abbr. for 國有資產監督管理委員會|国有资产监督管理委员会)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
affairs of state
gross national product (GNP)
name of country
the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門|天安门)
teachers of the state
Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT) / Nationalist Party
abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟, League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline)
national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
state-run (company etc) / nationalized
national soccer team
martial arts
(sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
state religion
domestically produced goods
national essence / quintessence of national culture
national / state-run / public
national history / dynastic history
national capital
national football team member
(Tw) National Taxation Bureau, local branch of the Ministry of Finance 財政部|财政部
national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞)
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name
(archaic) capital's gate / country's border
a national policy
International Court of Justice
state visitor / visiting head of state
affairs of the nation / politics
a nation's power
public purse / state treasury / national exchequer
state system (i.e. form of government) / national prestige
the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
the current dynasty
official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉, etc)
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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