ちゅうごく
Meanings
Noun
1. China
when read as "ちゅうごく"
2. Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
when read as "ちゅうごく"
3. central part of a country; main region
when read as "ちゅうごく"
4. province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Pitch accent
ちゅ
うごく
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
Chinese person
Chinese (language)
Chinese martial art
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
Chinese Communist Party
Chinese history
Chinese dress
mainland China; China proper
Chinese medicine
Chinese literature
imported (transmitted) from China
Chinese chess; xiangqi
Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
Chinese alcohol; Chinese spirits
Chinese philosophy
Chinese calendar
sinology; Chinese studies
pro-democracy movement in China
Chinese white pear (Pyrus x bretschneideri); ya pear; pearple
One China (policy)
Examples (74 in total)
I’m in China.
I like China.
The book is about China.