墨西哥

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòxīgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ sai¹ go¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Me̍t-sî-kô
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ sai¹ go¹

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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/
• 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/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 墨西哥

1. Mexico

Derived terms

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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. Rare spelling of メキシコ.