HSK 6 · Society

国防 guófáng “national defence” in Chinese

Traditional 國防

What 国防 means

  1. national defence

How to say 国防

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale防fáng2nd tone, rising

国防 in a sentence

  1. 他大学学的是国防科技。

    Tā dàxué xué de shì guófáng kējì.

    He studied defence technology at university.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 每个国家都重视国防。

    Měi ge guójiā dōu zhòngshì guófáng.

    Every country takes national defence seriously.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 国防 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.

The character 防 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
防fángto protect
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

How to write 国防

国 8 strokes · 防 6 strokes

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

Words related to 国防

Words with 国

国guó · country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

Words with 防

预防yùfáng · to prevent防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)防守fángshǒu · to defend防止fángzhǐ · to prevent防御fángyù · defence消防xiāofáng · firefighting

More words: Society & Law

官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over规章guīzhāng · rules贵族guìzú · noble国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)号召hàozhào · to call on和解héjiě · to reconcile候选hòuxuǎn · candidate

FAQs

国防 (guófáng) means “national defence”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guófáng: guó with a 2nd tone, then fáng 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, 国防 is written 國防. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guofang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国防 from the suggestions. Typing guofang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国防 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.