美利堅合眾國

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Chinese

		America; USA	federated nation; federation; united states
trad. (美利堅合眾國/美利堅合衆國)		美利堅	合眾國/合衆國
simp. (美利坚合众国)		美利坚	合众国

Etymology

Calque of English United States of America.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měilìjiān hézhòngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Měilìjiān hézhòngguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Měilìjian héjhòngguó
  - Wade–Giles: Mei³-li⁴-chien¹ ho²-chung⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: Měi-lì-jyān hé-jùng-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihjian herjonqgwo
  - Palladius: Мэйлицзянь хэчжунго (Mɛjliczjanʹ xɛčžungo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁶ zung³ gwok³
  - Yale: méih leih gīn hahp jung gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lei⁶ gin¹ hap⁹ dzung³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ léi⁶ gin¹ heb⁶ zung³ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lei̯²² kiːn⁵⁵ hɐp̚² t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

美利堅合眾國

United States of America (a country in North America)

Synonyms

亞美利加 / 亚美利加 (Yàměilìjiā)
合省國 / 合省国 (Héshěngguó) (obsolete)
漂亮國 / 漂亮国 (Piàoliangguó) (slang, sarcastic)
燈塔國 / 灯塔国 (Dēngtǎguó) (derogatory)
米國 / 米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)
美 (měi) (abbreviation)
美利堅 / 美利坚 (Měilìjiān) (dated)
美國 / 美国 (Měiguó)
美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
花旗 (Huāqí) (obsolete or Min Nan)
花旗國 / 花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)
醜國 / 丑国 (Chǒuguó) (derogatory)
金山 (gam¹ saan¹) (Cantonese, dated)
黴國 / 霉国 (Méiguó) (derogatory)

Dialectal synonyms of 美國 (“United States”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美利堅合眾國, 美國
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	美國
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	美國
Cantonese	Guangzhou	美國, 金山 dated
	Hong Kong	美國, 花旗國 dated
	Taishan	美國, 花旗, 金山
	Kaiping (Chikan)	金山
	Singapore (Guangfu)	美國
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	米國, 亞美利加
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Southern Min	Xiamen	美國
	Quanzhou	美國
	Jinjiang	花旗
	Zhangzhou	美國
	Tainan	美國
	Penang (Hokkien)	美國
	Singapore (Hokkien)	美國
	Manila (Hokkien)	美國, 花旗
	Singapore (Teochew)	美國
Wu	Shanghai	美國, 花旗

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