霓虹國

Chinese

		rainbow; neon	country; state; nation
trad. (霓虹國)		霓虹	國
simp. (霓虹国)		霓虹	国

Etymology

霓虹 (níhóng) is a phono-semantic matching of Japanese 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Níhóngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Níhóngguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Níhóngguó
  - Wade–Giles: Ni²-hung²-kuo²
  - Yale: Ní-húng-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nihornggwo
  - Palladius: Нихунго (Nixungo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

霓虹國

(slang) Japan

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