剛果
See also: 刚果
Chinese
hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
fruit; result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (剛果) | 剛 | 果 | |
| simp. (刚果) | 刚 | 果 | |
Etymology 1
Phono-semantic matching of French Congo.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Gāngguǒ
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Gangguǒ
- Wade–Giles: Kang1-kuo3
- Yale: Gāng-gwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gangguoo
- Palladius: Ганго (Gango)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: gong1 gwo2
- Yale: gōng gwó
- Cantonese Pinyin: gong1 gwo2
- Guangdong Romanization: gong1 guo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-kó
- Tâi-lô: Kang-kó
- Phofsit Daibuun: kangkoir
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-kó͘
- Tâi-lô: Kang-kóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kangkor
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Proper noun
剛果
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)
- Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Could be understood as short for 剛毅果決／刚毅果决 (gāngyì guǒjué) or 剛強果斷／刚强果断 (gāngqiáng guǒduàn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gāngguǒ
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gangguǒ
- Wade–Giles: kang1-kuo3
- Yale: gāng-gwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangguoo
- Palladius: ганго (gango)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: kang kwaX
Adjective
剛果
- (literary) firm and resolute
- 夫人之性，剛果懦軟，稟之於天，不可勉強，雖聖人亦不以不能責人之必能。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1037, 歐陽脩 (Ouyang Xiu),《與高司諫書》(Letter to Mr. Gao Ruone)
- Fú rén zhī xìng, gāngguǒ nuòruǎn, bǐng zhī yú tiān, bùkě miǎnqiǎng, suī shèngrén yì bù yǐ bùnéng zé rén zhī bì néng. [Pinyin]
- The character of a person, be it firm and resolute or weak and pusillanimous, is acquired from birth and cannot be forced into a change. Even a sage would not charge anyone to be capable of what is beyond their capacity.
夫人之性，刚果懦软，禀之于天，不可勉强，虽圣人亦不以不能责人之必能。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]