Country names in Chinese

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Chinese characters (simplified; Mainland translation)	Pinyin	Hint	Answer
中国	zhōng guó	"中(zhōng)" means "middle; centre" "国(guó)" means "country; nation"	China
美国	měi guó	"美(měi)" from a syllable of its English name. Again, "国(guó)" means "country"	United States
英国	yīng guó		United Kingdom
法国	fǎ guó		France
德国	dé guó	"德(dé)" not from English, but the native language of this country	Germany
日本	rì běn	This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere. This word is pronounced "Nihon" or "Nippon" in their language.	Japan
朝鲜	cháo xiǎn	This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere. This word is pronounced "Joseon" in their language.	North Korea
韩国	hán guó	This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere. This word is pronounced "Han'guk" in their language.	South Korea
越南	yuè nán	This country lies in the East Asian cultural sphere. This word is pronounced "Việt Nam" in their language	Vietnam
俄罗斯	é luó sī	From Mongol. Mongolian does not allow word-initial r-, so they added a vowel before that	Russia
白俄罗斯	bái é luó sī	"白(bái)" means "white"	Belarus
瑞典	ruì diǎn	"瑞" was once pronouced "shuì" before 20th century.	Sweden
瑞士	ruì shì		Switzerland
秘鲁	bì lǔ	Again. "bì" is an old pronunciation of "秘". which has changed to "mì", but the name of this country is still pronounced "bì lǔ", not "mì lǔ"	Peru
奥地利	ào dì lì		Austria
澳大利亚	ào dà lì yà		Australia
利比亚	lì bǐ yà		Libya
利比里亚	lì bǐ lǐ yà		Liberia
荷兰	hé lán		Netherlands
比利时	bǐ lì shí		Belgium
西班牙	xī bān yá		Spain
意大利	yì dà lì		Italy
匈牙利	xiōng yá lì	From English, although they have a totally different name in their language.	Hungary
克罗地亚	kè luó dì yà	From English, although they have a totally different name in their language.	Croatia
阿尔巴尼亚	ā ěr bā ní yà	From English, although they have a totally different name in their language.	Albania
希腊	xī là	Not from English, but the native language of this country	Greece
巴基斯坦	bā jī sī tǎn		Pakistan
也门	yě mén		Yemen
苏丹	sū dān		Sudan
瓦努阿图	wǎ nǔ ā tú		Vanuatu