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美國

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	country; state; nation
trad. (美國)		美	國
simp. (美国)		美	国

Proper noun

美國

the USA; America

Synonyms

美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
(humorous or dialectal) 米國／米国 (Mǐguó)

Derived terms

美國人／美国人 (měiguórén)

美國英語／美国英语 (Měiguó Yīngyǔ)

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	國

Proper noun

美國 • ‎(Miguk) ‎(hangeul 미국)

Hanja form^? of 미국, “America, USA”.

Etymology

From 美 (Měi, abbreviation of 亞美利加／亚美利加 (yàměilìjiā), from English America) + 國／国 (guó, “nation”). 美 (měi) also means "beautiful", which inspires false etymology.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Měiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gwok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mî-koet
Min Dong (BUC): Mī-guók
Min Nan (POJ): Bí-kok
Wu (Wiktionary): 'me koq (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Měiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeigwo
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ gwok³
  - Yale: méih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mî-koet
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ gued`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ gued⁵
  - IPA: /mi²⁴ ku̯et̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mī-guók
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-kok
  - Tâi-lô: Bí-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'kog
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: 'me koq (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ʔmᴇ³³ kʊʔ⁴⁴/

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Definition 2024

美國

美國

Chinese

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