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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Měilìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
  - Yale: méih leih gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

美利堅

(dated) America; USA

Synonyms

(common term) 美國／美国 (Měiguó)

Derived terms

美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)

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