國事

Chinese

		country; state; nation	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (國事)		國	事
simp. (国事)		国	事

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guóshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guóshìh
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-shih⁴
  - Yale: gwó-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoshyh
  - Palladius: гоши (goši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    國事 / 国事
    國勢 / 国势
    國是 / 国是
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ si⁶
  - Yale: gwok sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guêd⁵ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɛt̚¹ sz̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: kok-sīr
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-sū
  - Tâi-lô: kok-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koksu
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ su²²/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.q]ʷˤək [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡ zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	國	事
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guó	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kwok ›	‹ dzri^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	state (n.)	serve; service, affair
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.