HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

国 guó “country” in Chinese

Traditional 國

What 国 means

  1. country
  2. nation
  3. state
  4. (bound form) national

How to say 国

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising

国 in a sentence

  1. 我想去外国。

    Wǒ xiǎng qù wàiguó.

    I want to go abroad.

    Sentence #382414 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在你们国家吃米饭吗？

    Zài nǐmen guójiā chī mǐfàn ma?

    Do you eat rice in your country?

    Sentence #504875 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你是中国人吗？

    Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén ma?

    Are you Chinese?

    Sentence #3378212 from Tatoeba

How 国 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 国 (guó) with each of its parts in a different colour
国guócountry; nation; state
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 玉jade · yù

Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.

How to write 国

国 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

国 (guó) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 国 (guó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 国

Words with 国

中国Zhōngguó · China出国chūguó · to go abroad外国wàiguó · foreign (country)国家guójiā · country国际guójì · international国籍guójí · nationality国王guówáng · king国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)祖国zǔguó · homeland国防guófáng · national defence

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FAQs

国 (guó) means “country” or “nation”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it guó: 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, 国 is written 國. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国 from the suggestions. Typing guo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.