# 外國
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wàiguó
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вэгуй (veguy, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi$^6$ gwok$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-koet
    (Hailu, HRS): ngoi$^˖$ gued
* Northern Min (KCR): ngṳē-gŏ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-kok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua$^7$ gog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$nga-koq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàiguó
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàiguó
*** Wade–Giles: wai$^4$-kuo$^2$
*** Yale: wài-gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waygwo
*** Palladius: вайго (vajgo)
*** Sinological IPA : /waɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вэгуй (veguy, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /vɛ⁴⁴ kuei²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngoi$^6$ gwok$^3$
*** Yale: ngoih gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi$^6$ gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngoi$^6$ guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-koet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngoi gued$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi$^4$ gued$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯et̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngoi$^˖$ gued
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³ kuet⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳē-gŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /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: ghua$^7$ gog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā kok
*** Sinological IPA : /ɡua¹¹ kok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$nga-koq
*** MiniDict: nga$^去$ koh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nga-koq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² koʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夷, 番邦, 異邦 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 外國, 番邦 dated |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 外國 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 外國 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 外國 |

#### Derived terms

* 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)

#### See also

* 外語／外语 (wàiyǔ)

### Further reading

* “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.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 外 | 國 |
| がい Grade: 2 | こく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 外國 – see the following entry. :
| 【外国がいこく】 | [noun] foreign country |
(This term, 外國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 外 | 國 |

### Noun

外國 • (oeguk) (hangeul 외국)
* hanja form of 외국 (“foreign country”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 外 | 國 |

### Noun

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