墨西哥

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (墨西哥)		墨	西	哥

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico. Attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòxīgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ sai¹ go¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Me̍t-sî-kô

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mêd⁶ xi¹ go¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-se-ko / Bia̍k-se-ko

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ sai¹ go¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸meq-shi-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòxīgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòsige
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-hsi¹-ko¹
    • Yale: Mwò-syī-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohshige
    • Palladius: Мосигэ (Mosigɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ sai¹ go¹
    • Yale: mahk sāi gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ sai¹ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ sei¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Me̍t-sî-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: med xi´ go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ xi¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ si²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mêd⁶ xi¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚⁵ si⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-se-ko
    • Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-se-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: begse'koy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bia̍k-se-ko
    • Tâi-lô: Bia̍k-se-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biagse'koy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² se³³ ko³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhag⁸ sai¹ go¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k sai ko
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² sai³³⁻²³ ko³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-shi-ku
    • MiniDict: meh^入 shi ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-xi-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ ɕi²² ku²³/

Proper noun

墨西哥

1. Mexico (a country in North America)

   • 屢聞亞美利加之秘魯、智利、及墨西哥數處，所出之銀，其銀色較於唐銀更勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     屡闻亚美利加之秘鲁、智利、及墨西哥数处，所出之银，其银色较于唐银更胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 遐邇貫珍, volume II, number 11, 1854 November 1

     leoi⁵ man⁴ aa³ mei⁵ lei⁶ gaa¹ zi¹ bei³ lou⁵, zi³ lei⁶, kap⁶ mak⁶ sai¹ go¹ sou³ cyu³, so² ceot¹ zi¹ ngan⁴, kei⁴ ngan⁴ sik¹ gaau³ jyu¹ tong⁴ ngan⁴ gang³ sing³. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 墨西哥之亡于班也，焚其書，滅其文，戮其學人。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1950s, writing by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)

     Mukseoga ji mang eo Ban ya, bun gi seo, myeol gi mun, ryuk gi hagin. [Sino-Korean]

     When Mexico was conquered by Spain, [the Spaniards] burnt their books, annihilated their writings, and massacred their learned men.

Derived terms

• 新墨西哥 (Xīn Mòxīgē)
• 墨西哥人 (mòxīgērén)
• 墨西哥包 (Mòxīgē bāo)
• 墨西哥卷餅／墨西哥卷饼 (Mòxīgē juǎnbǐng)
• 墨西哥合眾國／墨西哥合众国
• 墨西哥城 (Mòxīgēchéng)
• 墨西哥灣／墨西哥湾 (Mòxīgē Wān)
• 墨西哥高原 (Mòxīgē Gāoyuán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
墨	西	哥
めき Grade: S	し Grade: 2	こ Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative spelling
墨西哥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico, in turn from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē).

Proper noun

墨西哥(メキシコ) • (Mekishiko) 

1. Obsolete spelling of メキシコ (“Mexico (a country)”)