中国

Zhōngguó

China

HSK 1

Pronunciation

中Zhōng1

First tone: high and level

国guó2

Second tone: rising

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The proper noun for China, used as the object of a phrase meaning to come from a place.

我来自中国。

Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó.

I come from China.

One fixed sample

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