売国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
売	国
ばい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
賣國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ばいこく [bàíkókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

売(ばい)国(こく) • (baikoku)

selling out one's nation, treason
それは売国(ばいこく)行為(こうい)だ。
Sore wa baikoku kōi da.
That's like selling out the country.

Derived terms

売国奴(ばいこくど) (baikokudo, “traitor”)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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