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See also: 外国

	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	country; state; nation
trad. (外國)	外	國
simp. (外国)	外	国
alternative forms	歪國／歪国 humorous
anagram	國外／国外

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wàiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэгуй (veguy, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-koet
Northern Min (KCR): ngṳē-gŏ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōa-kok

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ gog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguó
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: wài-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwo
  - Palladius: вайго (vajgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэгуй (veguy, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɛ⁴⁴ kuei²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: ngoih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi gued^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ gued⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳē-gŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɛ⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kok
  - Tâi-lô: guā-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ kɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ gog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā kok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ kok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-koq
  - MiniDict: nga^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² koʔ⁴⁴/

外國

foreign country
外國朋友／外国朋友 ― wàiguó péngyou ― foreign friends

Dialectal synonyms of 外國 (“foreign country”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夷, 番邦, 異邦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		外國, 異國, 異邦, 外邦, 外域, 異國他鄉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	外國
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	外國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外國
Northern Min	Jian'ou	外國
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番邦 dated, 番國 dated
Southern Min	Xiamen	外國, 番邦 dated
	Quanzhou	外國, 番邦 dated
	Jinjiang	外國
	Manila (Hokkien)	外國
Wu	Shanghai	外國

外國人／外国人 (wàiguórén)
外國話／外国话 (wàiguóhuà)
外國語／外国语 (wàiguóyǔ)
外國貨／外国货 (wàiguóhuò)

外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)

“Entry #1537”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Kanji in this term
外	國
がい Grade: 2	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iko̞kɯ̟]

外(がい)國(こく) • (gaikoku)

Kyūjitai form of 外国: foreign country

Hanja in this term
外	國

外國 • (oeguk) (hangeul 외국)

hanja form^? of 외국 (“foreign country”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
外	國

外國

chữ Hán form of ngoại quốc (“foreign country”).