美利堅

See also: 美利坚

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (美利堅)		美	利	堅
simp. (美利坚)		美	利	坚

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English American.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měilìjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Měilìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Měilìjian
  - Wade–Giles: Mei³-li⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: Měi-lì-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian
  - Palladius: Мэйлицзянь (Mɛjliczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
  - Yale: méih leih gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

美利堅

(dated) America; USA

Synonyms

美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
花旗 (Huāqí) (obsolete or Min Nan)
金山 (Cantonese, dated)
亞墨利加／亚墨利加 (obsolete)

米國／米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)
美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
美國／美国 (Měiguó)
花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)

Derived terms

美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)

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