美洲

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	continent; island
trad. (美洲)		美	洲
simp. #(美洲)		美	洲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mî-chû
• Northern Min (KCR): Mǐ-ciú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mī-ciŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² ziu¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹me-tseu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei³ zhou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měijhou
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-chou¹
    • Yale: Měi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeijou
    • Palladius: Мэйчжоу (Mɛjčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ zau¹
    • Yale: méih jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mî-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Mǐ-ciú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹ t͡siu⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mī-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹me-tseu
    • MiniDict: 'me^平 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'me-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me⁵⁵ t͡sɤ²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mei³ zhou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /me̞i̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂəu̯³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /me̞i̯⁴¹ t͡səu̯³³/

Proper noun

美洲

1. America; the Americas

Derived terms

• 中美洲 (Zhōngměizhōu)
• 北美洲 (Běiměizhōu)
• 南美洲 (Nánměizhōu)
• 拉丁美洲 (Lādīng Měizhōu)
• 美洲小鴕／美洲小鸵 (měizhōu xiǎotuó)
• 美洲巨蟾蜍 (Měizhōu jùchánchú)
• 美洲旱獺／美洲旱獭 (Měizhōu hàntǎ)
• 美洲豹 (měizhōubào)
• 美洲野牛 (Měizhōu yěniú)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	洲

Noun

美洲 • (miju) (hangeul 미주)

1. Hanja form^? of 미주 (“America; the Americas”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	洲

Proper noun

美洲 • (Mĩ châu)

1. chữ Hán form of Mĩ châu (“America; the Americas”).