合眾國

See also: 合衆国

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	numerous; multitude; crowd	country; state; nation
trad. (合眾國/合衆國)		合	眾/衆	國
simp. (合众国)		合	众	国

Etymology

Calque of English United States, from 合 (union) + 眾國 (democratic state), probably coined by Elijah Coleman Bridgman before 1844. Soon rebracketed as 合眾 + 國.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhòngguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zung³ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhòngguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhòngguó
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chung⁴-kuo²
    • Yale: hé-jùng-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjonqgwo
    • Palladius: хэчжунго (xɛčžungo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ zung³ gwok³
    • Yale: hahp jung gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzung³ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zung³ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 合眾國

1. federated nation; federation; united states
2. (rare) United States