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 | ||
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trad. (美利堅) | 美 | 利 | 堅 | |
simp. (美利坚) | 美 | 利 | 坚 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English American.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 美利堅
Synonyms
Derived terms
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- zh:Countries in North America
- zh:United States