Definition
国家 (guó jiā) is the standard noun for 'country, nation, state' — it is a full word you can use freely. 国 (guó) is a bound form that usually appears as part of a compound word (e.g., 中国, 国旗) or in fixed phrases, not as an independent noun.
noun
countrynationstate
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 国家。Zhōngguó shì yí gè hěn dà de guó jiā.China is a very big country.
- 国家。Měi gè guó jiā dōu yǒu bùtóng de wénhuà.Every country has a different culture.
- 。Wǒ guó jiā de lìshǐ hěn yǒuyìsi.My country's history is very interesting.
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