Mĩ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Mỹ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 美, a short for 美利堅 (Mĩ Lợi Kiên), which itself is a transcription of English America

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Mĩ

United States; America

Synonyms

Hoa Kì

Derived terms

Mĩ La-tinh

Adjective

Mĩ

American

Tôi là người Mĩ.
I am American.

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