美利堅

See also: 美利坚

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (美利堅)		美	利	堅
simp. (美利坚)		美	利	坚

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English American.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měilìjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-lī-kian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měilìjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měilìjian
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-li⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: Měi-lì-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian
    • Palladius: Мэйлицзянь (Mɛjliczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
    • Yale: méih leih gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lī-kian
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-lī-kian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bylixkiefn
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ kiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ kiɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

美利堅

1. (dated) America; USA

Synonyms

• 米國／米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)
• 美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
• 美國／美国 (Měiguó)
• 美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
• 花旗 (Huāqí) (obsolete or Min Nan)
• 花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)
• 金山 (gam¹ saan¹) (Cantonese, dated)

 

Derived terms

• 美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)