What 共和国 means
- Republic†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 共和国, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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共和国 in a sentence
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What does 共和国 mean in English?
共和国 is pronounced gònghéguó and means Republic †.
How do you pronounce 共和国?
共和国 is gònghéguó in pinyin — written gongheguo without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 共和国?
共和国 is written with 3 characters: 共 (gòng) Altogether (share - common), 和 (hé) And (with), 国 (guó) Country (national - Chinese). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 共和国 written in traditional Chinese?
共和國. The simplified form 共和国 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 共和國 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced gònghéguó.
Is 共和国 an HSK word?
Yes — 共和国 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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