国际

国际 (guójì) is the Chinese word for 'international' — relating to more than one nation, or the world stage as a whole (国际关系 international relations, 国际市场 international market, 国际机场 international airport). It functions as an attributive adjective placed before a noun and does not usually stand alone or take 很. It is register-neutral and appears constantly in news, business, and travel.

For English speakers, the main thing to remember is that 国际 attaches directly to nouns as a modifier (国际学校 international school) rather than acting as a predicate — to say 'this is international' you'd typically rephrase with 国际性的 or 国际化. It literally combines 国 (country) and 际 (between/boundary), so its logic — 'between countries' — matches English 'inter-national' almost exactly.