该国

該國
gāiguó
phrase #37,215

Meanings

  1. 1 the country (in question)
  2. 2 said country
  3. 3 that country (formal anaphora in news/reports)

Examples

Gāiguó jìnqī jīngjì zēngzhǎng xùnsù.
That country has experienced rapid economic growth recently.
Wǒguó yǔ gāiguó bǎochí zhe liánghǎo de wàijiāo guānxi.
Our country maintains good diplomatic relations with that country.

Tips

register
here is the formal demonstrative 'said / the aforementioned', not the modal 'should'. The X+ pattern is heavily used in news, legal, and official writing as a back-reference: 该国 (said country), 公司 (the said company), (the said school), 该案 (the said case). It avoids repeating the proper noun. In speech, you'd just say 这个国家 or repeat the name.
mistakes
Don't translate here as 'should'. 该国 = 'the said country' (anaphoric ), totally different from 应该 (yīnggāi, 'should').

Stroke Order

gāi
guó