建國

Chinese

	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	country; state; nation
trad. (建國)	建	國
simp. (建国)	建	国
anagram	國建／国建

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànguó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kien-koet / kian-koet

(Meixian, Guangdong): gian⁴ guêd⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): gióng-guók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): giêng⁶ gog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànguó
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: jyàn-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngwo
  - Palladius: цзяньго (czjanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ gwok³
  - Yale: gin gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gian⁴ guêd⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kian⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɛt̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gióng-guók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-kok
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giêng⁶ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiĕng kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci-koq
  - MiniDict: ci^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

建⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to found a country; to establish a nation-state; to build a nation

Synonyms

開國／开国 (kāiguó)
(literary) 開基／开基 (kāijī)

Derived terms

勤儉建國／勤俭建国 (qínjiǎnjiànguó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (建國):

→ Japanese: 建国(けんこく) (kenkoku)
→ Korean: 건국(建國) (geon'guk)
→ Vietnamese: kiến quốc (建國)

Proper noun

建國

(chiefly Mainland China) the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
(neologism, slang, humorous) Short for 川建國／川建国 (Chuān Jiànguó, “Donald Trump”).}

Japanese

Kanji in this term
建	國
けん Grade: 4	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

【建国けんこく】

[noun] establishment of a nation

[verb] to found/establish a nation

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
建	國

Noun

建國 • (geon'guk) (hangeul 건국)

hanja form^? of 건국

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
建	國

Verb

建國

chữ Hán form of kiến quốc.