| 一国两制 |
yī guó liǎng zhì |
one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 两 |
liǎng |
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) |
| 制 |
zhì |
system / to control / to regulate / variant of 制 |
| 制 |
zhì |
to manufacture / to make |