美利堅

美利堅

See also: 美利坚

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	strong; solid; firm strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (美利堅)		美	利	堅
simp. (美利坚)		美	利	坚

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English American.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měilìjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Měilìjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
    • Yale: méih leih gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

美利堅

1. (dated) America; USA

Synonyms

• (common term) 美國／美国 (Měiguó)

Derived terms

美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)