美利堅合眾國

Chinese

		America; USA	federated nation; federation; united states federated nation; federation; united states; United States
trad. (美利堅合眾國)		美利堅	合眾國
simp. (美利坚合众国)		美利坚	合众国

Etymology

Calque of English United States of America.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měilìjiān hézhòngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Měilìjiān hézhòngguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian herjonqgwo
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³
  - Yale: méih leih gīn hahp jung gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁹ dzung³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹ heb⁶ zung³ guog³
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵ hɐp̚² t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

美利堅合眾國

United States of America

Synonyms

美國／美国 (Měiguó) (common term)

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