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)
Kanji used
in
country
Pitch accent
ちゅ
うごく
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Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
Chinese (language)
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
mainland China; China proper
imported (transmitted) from China
Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
Chinese alcohol; Chinese spirits
sinology; Chinese studies
Chinese white pear (Pyrus x bretschneideri); ya pear; pearple
Examples (74 in total)
I’m in China.
I like China.
The book is about China.