State in Chinese
state · HSK 3
国家
- 国 country
- 家 home
你去过几个国家？ How many countries have you been to?
Other ways to say state
More words with 国 or 家
How do you say state in Chinese?
State in Chinese is 国家 (guó jiā). You can also say 表示 (biǎo shì), 状况 (zhuàng kuàng), 状态 (zhuàng tài), 州 (zhōu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.