美金

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	metal; gold; money
trad. (美金)		美	金
simp. #(美金)		美	金
alternative forms		鎂／镁 Internet slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měijīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-kîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měijīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měijin
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chin¹
    • Yale: měi-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijin
    • Palladius: мэйцзинь (mɛjczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ gam¹
    • Yale: méih gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ gim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ kim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-kim
    • Tâi-lô: bí-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'kym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Noun

美金

1. US dollar

Synonyms

• (neologism) 美刀 (Měidāo)

Dialectal synonyms of 美元 (“US dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美元, 美圓, 美金
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	美子 cant
	Taiwan	美金
	Singapore	美金
Cantonese	Hong Kong	美金
	Taishan	美金, 美紙
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	美金
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	美金
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	美金
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	美金
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	美金
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	美金
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	美金
Southern Min	Taipei	美金 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	美金
	Singapore (Teochew)	美金
Wu	Shanghai	美元
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	金

Proper noun

美金

1. chữ Hán form of Mĩ kim (“US dollar”).