文明國家

简 文明国家 · 繁 文明國家
Cantonese · source Jyutpingman4 ming4 gwok3 gaa1

Meanings

  1. civilized states; a civilized country; civilized nations
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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright酩ming5drunk命ming6
gwokgwok1—gwok2—国gwok3countrygwok4—gwok5—gwok6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: wen2 ming2 guo2 jia1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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noun

  1. civilization-state

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Exact source record & identity文明國家 文明国家 [wen2 ming2 guo2 jia1] {man4 ming4 gwok3 gaa1} /civilized states; a civilized country; civilized nations/

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