黴國

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See also: 霉国

Chinese

		bacteria; fungi; mouldy	country; state; nation
trad. (黴國/霉國)		黴/霉	國
simp. (霉国)		霉	国
Literally: “mouldy country”.

Etymology

A pun on 美國／美国 (Měiguó), as the first characters 美 (měi) and 黴／霉 (méi) are nearly or exactly homophonous in many Sinitic languages.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Méiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Méiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Méiguó
  - Wade–Giles: Mei²-kuo²
  - Yale: Méi-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meigwo
  - Palladius: Мэйго (Mɛjgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

黴國

(neologism, derogatory, slang) United States

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)
美利堅合眾國 / 美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
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)

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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