Zhongguo

English translation: China

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Chinese term or phrase:Zhongguo
English translation:China
Entered by: Maria Eugenia Farre

20:25 Mar 21, 2004
Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Chinese term or phrase: Zhongguo
I'm preparing for an interpreting assignment on China and there is this question, under the heading trivia.

What is Zhongguo?

I have no clue. Many thanks in advance.

ME
Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 18:16
China
Explanation:
China
Selected response from:

Chinoise
Local time: 18:16
Grading comment
Thanks, found it also at the CIA World Factbook
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +2China
Chinoise


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
China


Explanation:
China

Chinoise
Local time: 18:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
Grading comment
Thanks, found it also at the CIA World Factbook

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Fine
4 hrs

agree  Roddy Stegemann: In Cantonese the phonetic transcription into English is "dzung gwok" and corresponds to the characters 中國 (utf-8). The "o" sound is similar to that for the word caught or bought.
4 hrs
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