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Zhongguo

Zhongguo proper noun: 3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.

Proper noun

Zhongguo

  1. 3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
  2. (rare) China.
    • Yes, the Chinese are as if they had just awakened from a long sleep. They are laughing in the sun, the streets are clean, the houses friendly and inviting. We never eat at our apartment but at a different place every night, and the people are always disarmingly kind and open-hearted. One of these...1988, Jörg Schuldhess, Who They Are and What They Do, Patis, →ISBN, pages 27–28
    • But did not the Chinese boast of their long written history? The answer to this puzzling question can be found in an unequivocal remark made by a Chinese student in Japan. He lamented: “Our Zhongguo does not have a national history.”2001, Kai-wing Chow, “Narrating Nation, Race, and National Culture: Imagining the Hanzu Identity in Modern China”, in Kai-wing Chow, Kevin M[ichael] Doak, Poshek Fu, editors, Constructing Nationhood...

Examples of Zhongguo in a sentence

  • One of these days Zhongguo will be a great country.1988, Jörg Schuldhess, Who They Are and What They Do, Patis, →ISBN, pages 27–28:
  • A broad and inclusive Zhongguo will need to go further to establish a civilization that its people all agree will be modern and admirable.2013, Wang Gungwu, “Modernity, the State and Civilization”, in Renewal: The Chinese State and the New Global History, Sha Tin, N.T.: The...
  • The invisible gate will open, allowing the yellow dragon, the Laolong, the faithful servant of Zhongguo, to return to its rightful home in the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li.2018, Justin Newland, “Pacing the Dragon”, in The Old Dragon’s Head, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 251:
  • It seemed he met his end in the avalanche when he went to help the traders and monks from Zhongguo.2019, Adity Kay, Emperor Vikramaditya, Gurugram, Haryana: Hachette India, →ISBN:

Origin of Zhongguo

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 中國 /中国 (Zhōngguó).

Questions about Zhongguo

What does Zhongguo mean?
Zhongguo means 3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
How do you use Zhongguo in a sentence?
One of these days Zhongguo will be a great country.
What part of speech is Zhongguo?
Zhongguo is a proper noun.

Words near Zhongguo in the dictionary

  1. Zhong
  2. zhong hu
  3. Zhong Nan Hai
  4. zhong-hu
  5. Zhongdu
  6. Zhongguo
  7. Zhonghe
  8. zhonghu
  9. zhonghuacerite
  10. Zhongjian Island
  11. Zhongli

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