Sentence #444686 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 共和国 is built
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共gòngcommon
廾two hands · gǒng
一one · yī
八eight · bā
Memory aidTwo hands 廾 holding something up together: together, shared.
和héand; together with; with
禾grain · héSound part
口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.
国guócountry; nation; state
囗enclosure · wéi
玉jade · yù
Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.
How to write 共和国
共 6 strokes · 和 8 strokes · 国 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 共和国 (gònghéguó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
共和国 (gònghéguó) means “republic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gònghéguó: gòng with a 4th tone, then hé with a 2nd tone, then guó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 共和国 is written 共和國. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongheguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 共和国 from the suggestions. Typing gongheguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
共和国 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
共gòng4th tone, falling
和hé2nd tone, rising
