international
HSK level
国际 is written with 15 strokes (国: 8, 际: 7). The animation replays automatically.
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.
Character by character
Memory hook: 国 (country) + 际 (between) = 'between countries' — international.
国际 appears in 3 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
这是一家国际公司。
Zhè shì yì jiā guójì gōngsī.
This is an international company.
neutral
他每天都关注国际新闻。
Tā měitiān dōu guānzhù guójì xīnwén.
He follows international news every day.
spoken
我们的产品已经进入了国际市场。
Wǒmen de chǎnpǐn yǐjīng jìnrù le guójì shìchǎng.
Our products have already entered the international market.
neutral
这次会议吸引了许多国际专家。
Zhè cì huìyì xīyǐn le xǔduō guójì zhuānjiā.
This conference attracted many international experts.
written
全球 means 'global / worldwide' (全球变暖 global warming) — emphasizing the whole planet. 国际 stresses relations between nations. A company can be 国际 (dealing across countries) or 全球 (present everywhere on earth).
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