八国集团

Traditional form:

八國集團

Pinyin (reading):

Bāguó Jítuán

Definitions:

• G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

Characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 集 - to gather, to collect; set, collection
• 团 - sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather

Traditional characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 集 - to gather, to collect; set, collection
• 團 - sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather