墨西哥

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (墨西哥)		墨	西	哥

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico.

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mòxīgē
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ sai¹ go¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Me̍t-sî-kô
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-se-ko / Bia̍k-se-ko
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ sai¹ go¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Mòxīgē
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohshige
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ sai¹ go¹
  - Yale: mahk sāi gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ sai¹ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ sei¹ go¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Me̍t-sî-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: med xi´ go´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ xi¹ go¹
  - IPA: /met̚⁵ ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-se-ko
  - Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-se-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: begse'koy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bia̍k-se-ko
  - Tâi-lô: Bia̍k-se-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biagse'koy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻²² se³³ ko³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhag⁸ sai¹ go¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k sai ko
  - IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² sai³³⁻²³ ko³³/

Proper noun

墨西哥

Mexico

Derived terms

墨西哥人 (mòxīgērén)
墨西哥包 (Mòxīgē bāo)
墨西哥合眾國／墨西哥合众国
墨西哥城 (Mòxīgēchéng)

墨西哥灣／墨西哥湾 (Mòxīgē Wān)
墨西哥高原 (Mòxīgē Gāoyuán)
新墨西哥 (Xīn Mòxīgē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
墨	西	哥
めき Grade: S	し Grade: 2	こ Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico, in turn from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē).

Proper noun

墨西哥 (katakana メキシコ, rōmaji Mekishiko)

Rare spelling of メキシコ.