美濟礁

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	aid; ferry; frugal	reef; shoal rock
trad. (美濟礁)		美	濟	礁
simp. (美济礁)		美	济	礁

Etymology

Named in 1947, as a phono-semantic matching of English Mischief Reef, replacing the previous name 南惡礁／南恶礁 published in 1935, which is a calque of English Mischief Reef.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měijìjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měijìjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měijìjiao
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-chi⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: Měi-jì-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeijihjiau
    • Palladius: Мэйцзицзяо (Mɛjcziczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

美濟礁

1. Mischief Reef (a reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea)