Word Meaning 中国

ちゅうごく chuugoku

中国 is read as ちゅうごく (chuugoku) and means China.

Meaning

English

  1. China
  2. Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
  3. province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
  4. central part of a country
  5. main region

Reading

Kana

ちゅうごく

Romaji

chuugoku

Writing Variants

  • 中国 ちゅうこく chuukoku
  • 中國 ちゅうこく chuukoku
  • 中國 ちゅうごく chuugoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 1747 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

中華人民共和国

ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく

People's Republic of China

中華民国

ちゅうかみんこく

Republic of China (Taiwan)

中国人

ちゅうごくじん

Chinese person

中国語

ちゅうごくご

Chinese (language)

中国製

ちゅうごくせい

made in China

中国人街

ちゅうごくじんがい

Chinatown

中国系

ちゅうごくけい

Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.)

国連中心主義

こくれんちゅうしんしゅぎ

policy of alignment with the United Nations

国立中興大学

こくりつちゅうこうだいがく

National Chung Hsing University

伝統中国医学

でんとうちゅうごくいがく

traditional Chinese medicine

中間

ちゅうかん

interim

中学生

ちゅうがくせい

junior high school student

Example Sentences

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I’m in China.

I like China.

I'm not Chinese.

I am Chinese.

I can speak Chinese.

I want to go to China.

I came from China.

Mr. Wang is of Chinese origin.

Can you speak Chinese?

When did you arrive in China?