# 祖国 (zǔguó)

In Mandarin Chinese, 祖国 (zǔguó) means “motherland”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: motherland
- Pinyin: zǔguó (zu3 guo2)
- Traditional: 祖國
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们热爱自己的祖国。
  Wǒmen rè'ài zìjǐ de zǔguó.
  We deeply love our motherland.

## Characters

- 祖 (zǔ): ancestor; forefather
- [国](https://hanziro.com/word/guo-country/) (guó): country; nation

https://hanziro.com/word/zu-guo-motherland/

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