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北美

北美

Chinese

		north	beautiful; beauty; America
simp. and trad. (北美)		北	美

Proper noun

北美

North America

Synonyms

北美洲 (Běiměizhōu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	美

Proper noun

北美 • ‎(Bungmi) ‎(hangeul 북미)

Hanja form^? of 북미, “North America”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Běiměi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ mei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běiměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeimeei
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: bāk méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-bí
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁴¹/