母国

母國
mǔguó
noun #82,160

Meanings

  1. 1 motherland
  2. 2 home country
  3. 3 country of origin

Examples

Tā líkāi mǔguó yǐjīng èrshí nián le.
He has been away from his home country for twenty years.
Zhè jiā kuàguó gōngsī de mǔguó shì Déguó.
This multinational company's home country is Germany.

Tips

usage
祖国 (zǔguó) is the everyday emotive ‘motherland’; 母国 is more neutral and often used for emigrants describing their country of origin or for naming a multinational corporation's headquarters country.

Stroke Order

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