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美利堅合眾國

美利堅合眾國

Chinese

		America; USA	federated nation; federation; 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

Proper noun

美利堅合眾國

United States of America

Synonyms

美國／美国 (Měiguó) (common term)

Etymology

Calque of English United States of America.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Měilìjiān hézhòngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei³ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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 lei³ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³
  - Yale: méih lei gīn hahp jung gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei³ gin¹ hap⁹ dzung³ gwok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯³³ kiːn⁵⁵ hɐp̚² t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/