国家

• 拼音: guó jiā
• 汉字拆解: 国 (country) + 家 (home) — the nation as a shared home

含义

Country; nation; state. The standard word for referring to a country or nation.

The most common and natural way to say 'country' in modern Chinese. Used in both formal and informal contexts. 国 alone is mostly used in compounds or poetic language, while 国家 is the everyday word.

例句

1. 世界上有很多国家。
2. 你想去哪个国家？
3. 中国是一个很大的国家。

用法指南

语境: geography, everyday, education

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你去过多少个国家？(How many countries have you visited?)
• 每个国家都有自己的文化。(Every country has its own culture.)

错误说法

• 我的国家是北京。(Beijing is a city, not a country — say 我的国家是中国)

起源与历史

Compound of 国 (country, state) and 家 (home, family) — the nation as a collective home for its people.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal