強國

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	country; state; nation
trad. (強國)		強	國
simp. (强国)		强	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiángguó

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁴ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiángguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciángguó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-kuo²
  - Yale: chyáng-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanggwo
  - Palladius: цянго (cjango)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: koeng⁴ gwok³
  - Yale: kèuhng gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁴ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁴ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: gjang kwok

Rime
Character	強	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	巨良切	古或切
Baxter	gjang	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɐŋ/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɐŋ/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɑŋ/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨaŋ/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiaŋ/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭaŋ/	/kuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯aŋ/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáng	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	koeng⁴	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaŋ kʷɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	強	國
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	10318	5547
Phonetic component	强	或
Rime group	陽	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	強	國
Old Chinese	/*ɡaŋ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/
Notes	彊省聲而非弘聲，通借爲彊

Noun

強國

powerful nation; powerful country; power
學習強國 [MSC, trad.]
学习强国 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéxí Qiángguó [Pinyin]
Xuexi Qiangguo (2019 mobile app)
tyrannical state
- 王者尚其德而布其刑，霸者刑德並湊，強國先其刑而後德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  王者尚其德而布其刑，霸者刑德并凑，强国先其刑而后德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shuoyuan, circa 1^st century BCE
  Wángzhě shàng qí dé ér bù qí xíng, bà zhě xíng dé bìng còu, qiángguó xiān qí xíng ér hòu dé. [Pinyin]
  Just rulers revere virtue and promulgate laws of penal justice accordinly. Hegemons make use of punishment and morals in parallel. A despotic country prioritizes on punishments and treat virtue as secondary.

Proper noun

強國

(chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese, sarcastic) People's Republic of China; China

Derived terms

強國人／强国人 (qiángguórén)

Verb

強國

to make one's country more powerful

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (強國):

→ Japanese: 強国(きょうこく) (kyōkoku)
→ Korean: 강국(強國) (gangguk)
→ Vietnamese: cường quốc (強國)

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