国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国情
guóqíng
national conditions
Characters in this word
情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 制定教育政策不能照搬别国经验，而要充分考虑本国国情。 Zhìdìng jiàoyù zhèngcè bù néng zhàobān biéguó jīngyàn, ér yào chōngfèn kǎolǜ běnguó guóqíng. When formulating education policy, one must not copy other countries' experience mechanically, but should fully consider one's own national conditions.
- 来到一个新国家，先要了解当地的国情和习惯。 Lái dào yí gè xīn guójiā, xiān yào liǎojiě dāngdì de guóqíng hé xíguàn. When you arrive in a new country, you first need to learn about its local conditions and customs.
- 各国的国情不同，发展的道路也不一样。 Gèguó de guóqíng bùtóng, fāzhǎn de dàolù yě bù yíyàng. Every country's situation is different, so their paths of development differ too.
Related words
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 国际 guójì international
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations