粵

國gwok3號hou6

simp国号
gwok3 hou6guó hào

English

  1. official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)
  2. official name of the legitimate regime of a state, including titles of dynasties in the ancient times and official names of countries in the modern times

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 統治某個國家嘅法定政權嘅正式名稱(包括古代朝代名同現代國家嘅官方名稱)(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 美國嘅國號係「美利堅合眾國」。 (mei5 gwok3 ge3 gwok3 hou6 hai6 "mei5 lei6 gin1 hap6 zung3 gwok3".)

    The official name of America is the United States of America.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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