拉美

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (拉美)		拉	美
simp. #(拉美)		拉	美

Etymology

Short for 拉丁美洲 (Lādīng Měizhōu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lā-Měi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lā-Měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Laměi
    • Wade–Giles: La¹-mei³
    • Yale: Lā-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhameei
    • Palladius: Ламэй (Lamɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: lāai méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 拉美

1. Latin America

Synonyms

• 拉丁美洲 (Lādīng Měizhōu)