虫國

Chinese

		insect; worm	country; state; nation
simp. and trad. (虫國)		虫	國

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 虫(ちゅう)国(ごく) (Chūgoku). Also influenced by 蝗蟲 / 蝗虫 (huángchóng), a derogatory slang term in Hong Kong for Mainland Chinese people.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóngguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóngguó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung²-kuo²
  - Yale: chúng-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chornggwo
  - Palladius: чунго (čungo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ gwok³
  - Yale: chùhng gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

虫國

(derogatory, Internet slang, slang, offensive, Hong Kong) People's Republic of China

Synonyms

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中 (abbreviation)
中原 (Zhōngyuán)
中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
中華 / 中华 (Zhōnghuá)
九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
唐山 (Tángshān)
天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
華 / 华 (abbreviation)
華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)