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Definition 2024

		beautiful; beauty; America	continent; island
simp. and trad. (美洲)		美	洲

美洲

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: Měizhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeijou
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    每週／每周
    美洲
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ zau¹
  - Yale: méih jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mî-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ zu¹
  - IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Bí-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: 'me tseu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ʔmᴇ⁵⁵ t͡sɜ²¹/