A place to mostly post my musings about different Chinese words
中华人民共和国
Zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2
China People Republic (known in English as china)
中华民国
Zhong1 hua2 min2 guo2
China Republic (known in English as Taiwan)
First, china is referred to in both contexts as Zhong hua instead of Zhong guo - which denotes a larger meaning referring to all of Chinese civilization/people rather than a single entity/country
Hua2 meaning something like flourishing, or civilization - with Guo2 meaning country
Also note the two different terms for Republics
共和国 and 民国
This reflects an evolution in the Chinese language, and most republics are referred to by 共和国 rather than 民国 with the exception of Korea
中华人民共和国
Zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2
China People Republic (known in English as china)
中华民国
Zhong1 hua2 min2 guo2
China Republic (known in English as Taiwan)
First, china is referred to in both contexts as Zhong hua instead of Zhong guo - which denotes a larger meaning referring to all of Chinese civilization/people rather than a single entity/country
Hua2 meaning something like flourishing, or civilization - with Guo2 meaning country
Also note the two different terms for Republics
共和国 and 民国
This reflects an evolution in the Chinese language, and most republics are referred to by 共和国 rather than 民国 with the exception of Korea