母国

母國
mǔguó
noun #82,160

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Tā líkāi mǔguó yǐjīng èrshí nián le.
He has been away from his home country for twenty years.
HSK 7-9
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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