美國

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See also: 米國 and 米国

Chinese

America country; state; nation
trad. (美國)
simp. (美国)
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Etymology

Attested as early as 1854, possibly as an abbreviation of 亞美理駕洲大合眾國亚美理驾洲大合众国 (“United States of America”), attested in the Treaty of Wanghia . (měi) also means "beautiful", which inspires false etymology.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (28)
Final () (17) (132)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mijX kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪX/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiX/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪX/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiX/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/mjiX/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/miX/ /kuək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/miX/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ mijX › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*rəjʔ/ /*ʷˁək/
English beautiful state (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8951 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriʔ/ /*kʷɯːɡ/
Notes

Proper noun

美國

  1. United States, America (a country in North America)
    美國權利法案美国权利法案  ―  Měiguó Quánlì Fǎ'àn  ―  the United States Bill of Rights
    申請美國旅遊簽證拒簽
    申请美国旅游签证拒签
    Wǒ dì yī cì shēnqǐng Měiguó lǚyóu qiānzhèng bèi jùqiān le.
    I was rejected when I applied for a tourist visa for the United States for the first time.
    20世紀60年代美國人工智能出現爆發性發展
    20世纪60年代美国人工智能出现爆发性发展
    Zài èrshí shìjì liùshí niándài, Měiguó réngōng zhìnéng chūxiàn le bàofāxìng de fāzhǎn.
    The United States saw an explosive development in artificial intelligence during the 1960s.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美國):
  • Korean: 미국(美國) (miguk)
  • Vietnamese: Mĩ Quốc (美國)

Others:

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

美國 (Miguk) (hangeul 미국)

  1. hanja form? of 미국 : United States, America (a country in North America)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

美國

  1. chữ Hán form of Mĩ Quốc: United States, America (a country in North America)