德國
Chinese
| Germany | country; state; nation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (德國) | 德 | 國 | |
| simp. (德国) | 德 | 国 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿱一心国 | ||
Etymology
From 德 (Dé, abbreviation of 德意志 (Déyìzhì), from German Deutsch) + 國／国 (guó, “country”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): Dă̤-gŏ
- Eastern Min (BUC): Dáik-guók
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deh6 gorh6
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7teq-koq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Déguó
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Déguó
- Wade–Giles: Tê2-kuo2
- Yale: Dé-gwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dergwo
- Palladius: Дэго (Dɛgo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Дыйгуй (Dɨyguy, I-II) / Дыйгуә (Dɨyguə, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tei²⁴ kuei⁵¹/, /tei²⁴ kuə⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dak1 gwok3
- Yale: dāk gwok
- Cantonese Pinyin: dak7 gwok8
- Guangdong Romanization: deg1 guog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐk̚⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ak2 gok2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ak̚⁵⁵ kɔk̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tet-koet
- Hakka Romanization System: dedˋ guedˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ded5 gued5
- Sinological IPA: /tet̚² ku̯et̚²/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: dêd5 guêd5
- Sinological IPA: /tɛt̚¹ kuɛt̚¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Dă̤-gŏ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛ²⁴ ko²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: deh6 gorh6 [Phonetic: deh4 gorh6]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Deh-go̤h
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛʔ²¹⁻⁴² kɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: deh6 gorh6 [Phonetic: deh7 gorh6]
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛʔ²⁻⁴ kɒʔ²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-kok
- Tâi-lô: Tik-kok
- Phofsit Daibuun: dekkog
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-kok
- Tâi-lô: Tiak-kok
- Phofsit Daibuun: diakkog
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dêg4 gog4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tek kok
- Sinological IPA (key): /tek̚²⁻⁴ kok̚²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Proper noun
德國
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
- 1878, 李圭, 環遊地球新錄, volume 1, page 42:
- 惟酒甚佳，皆葡萄佳果所釀。如德國來因河之白酒，法國香冰酒、紅酒，葡萄牙國舍利酒，久已聞名中土，而索值甚奢，非寒素所可沽飲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Wéi jiǔ shèn jiā, jiē pútáo jiā guǒ suǒ niàng. Rú Déguó Láiyīnhé zhī báijiǔ, Fǎguó xiāngbīngjiǔ, hóngjiǔ, Pútáoyá guó shèlìjiǔ, jiǔ yǐ wénmíng zhōngtǔ, ér suǒ zhí shèn shē, fēi hánsù suǒ kě gū yǐn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
惟酒甚佳，皆葡萄佳果所酿。如德国来因河之白酒，法国香冰酒、红酒，葡萄牙国舍利酒，久已闻名中土，而索值甚奢，非寒素所可沽饮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]