美國佬

Chinese

			man; guy
trad. (美國佬)		美國	佬
simp. (美国佬)		美国	佬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiguólǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gwok³ lou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiguólǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiguólǎo
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-kuo²-lao³
  - Yale: měi-gwó-lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeigwolao
  - Palladius: мэйголао (mɛjgolao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwɔ³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiguólǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiguólǎor
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-kuo²-laorh³
  - Yale: měi-gwó-lǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeigwolaol
  - Palladius: мэйголаор (mɛjgolaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwɔ³⁵ laʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ gwok³ lou²
  - Yale: méih gwok lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gwok⁸ lou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ guog³ lou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³ lou̯³⁵/

Noun

美國佬

(colloquial) Yankee, Yank, American (native or inhabitant of the USA)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美國人 (“US American”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美國人
Mandarin	Taiwan	美國人, 老美
Mandarin	Singapore	美國人
Cantonese	Hong Kong	美國人, 美國佬, 花旗佬
	Macau	美國人, 美國佬, 花旗佬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	美國人
Min Nan	Singapore (Hokkien)	美國儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	美國仔, 美國儂, 花旗仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	美國儂

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