祖
国

Motherland in Chinese: 祖国 (zǔ guó)

zǔ guó

motherland

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 祖國2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1motherland

Stroke order

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祖
国

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄗㄨˇ

zǔ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄍㄨㄛˊ

guó

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

祖国

Simplified

祖國

Traditional

Example sentences

See 祖国 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我爱我的祖国。

    wǒ ài wǒ de zǔ guó。

    I love my motherland.

  • 他的祖国是德国。

    tā de zǔ guó shì dé guó。

    His home country is Germany.

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Related words

国

guó

country

中国

zhōng guó

China

国家

guó jiā

country

国际

guó jì

international

国籍

guó jí

nationality

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

国外

guó wài

abroad

外国

wài guó

foreign (country)

出国

chū guó

to go abroad

回国

huí guó

to return to one's home country

全国

quán guó

whole nation

国内

guó nèi

domestic

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