密西西比

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (密西西比)		密	西	西	比
simp. #(密西西比)		密	西	西	比

Etymology

From English Mississippi, from Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mìxīxībǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ sai¹ sai¹ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mìxīxībǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mìsisibǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Mi⁴-hsi¹-hsi¹-pi³
    • Yale: Mì-syī-syī-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mihshishibii
    • Palladius: Мисисиби (Misisibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ sai¹ sai¹ bei²
    • Yale: maht sāi sāi béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ sai¹ sai¹ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ sei¹ sei¹ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵/

Proper noun

密西西比

1. (～州) Mississippi (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• 密西西比世 (Mìxīxībǐ Shì)
• 密西西比河 (Mìxīxībǐ Hé)