Weiguo
Weiguo is the Mandarin Pinyin spelling of three Chinese masculine given names '. These names are also spelled Wei-kuo in Mandarin Wade-Giles, Wai-kwok in Hong [Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation|typical Hong Kong Cantonese spelling], or Wee-kok''' in Minnan pronunciation.
Meaning
These names are popular patriotic names. In the year of Singapore's independence, many proud parents named their children Weiguo, resulting in confusion for them later in life because so many shared the same name. The name "latitude of the nation", paired with a brother named "longitude of the nation", is an allusion to the classical Chinese phrase jīngbāng wěiguó, literally meaning " the longitude and latitude of the nation", and metaphorically meaning a person who rules over a nation. Chiang Kai-shek's chosen names for his sons Chiang Wei-kuo and Chiang Ching-kuo are an example of this allusion.People
People with these names include:Politics and government
- Chiang Wei-kuo, Republic of China general and politician
- Nie Weiguo, Chinese politician
- Lo Wai-kwok, Hong Kong politician
- Yu Weiguo, Chinese politician in Fujian
- Han Weiguo, People's Liberation Army lieutenant general
- Gong Weiguo, Chinese politician
Sport
- Peng Weiguo, Chinese footballer
- Tam Wai-kwok, Hong Kong footballer
Other
- Lawrence Ng Wai-kwok, Hong Kong television actor
- Lin Weiguo, Chinese chess player
- Weiguo Sun, president of Xihua University in Chengdu, Sichuan, China since 2009