陰國

See also: 阴国

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	country; state; nation
trad. (陰國)		陰	國
simp. (阴国)		阴	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yīnguó

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīnguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yinguó
  - Wade–Giles: Yin¹-kuo²
  - Yale: Yīn-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingwo
  - Palladius: Иньго (Inʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ gwok³
  - Yale: yām gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

陰國

(historical) the land of the Barbarians

Antonyms

陽國／阳国

Etymology 2

Literally "negative country". A pun on 英國／英国 (Yīngguó), as the first characters 英 (yīng) and 陰／阴 (yīn) are nearly or exactly homophonous in many Sinitic languages.

Proper noun

陰國

(neologism, derogatory, slang) United Kingdom, a country in Europe

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