霓虹國

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 (に)本 (ほん) (nihon, “Japan”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Níhóngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Níhóngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nihornggwo
    • IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

霓虹國

1. (slang) Japan