美國

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Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	country; state; nation
trad. (美國)		美	國
simp. (美国)		美	国

Etymology

From 美 (Měi, abbreviation of 亞美利加／亚美利加 (Yàměilìjiā), from English America) + 國／国 (guó, “nation”). 美 (měi) also means "beautiful", which inspires false etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Měiguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): Мыйгуй (Mьjguj, II-I) / Мыйгуә (Mьjguə, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mî-koet
• Min Dong (BUC): Mī-guók
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi² gog⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): 'me koq (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Měiguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeigwo
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: Мыйгуй (Mьjguj, II-I) / Мыйгуә (Mьjguə, II-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɨi⁵¹ kuei²⁴/, /mɨi⁵¹ kuɤ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ gwok³
    • Yale: méih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ guog³
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mî-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ gued`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ gued⁵
    • IPA: /mi²⁴ ku̯et̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mī-guók
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uɔʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mi² gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mí kok
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵²⁻³⁵ kok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: 'me koq (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ʔme̞³³ kʊʔ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

美國

1. the United States; America

Synonyms

• 美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
• (humorous or dialectal) 米國／米国 (Mǐguó)
• (dated) 美利堅／美利坚 (Měilìjiān), 花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó)

Derived terms

• 美國人／美国人 (měiguórén)
• 美國佬／美国佬 (měiguólǎo)
• 美國內戰／美国内战 (Měiguó Nèizhàn)

• 美國化／美国化 (měiguóhuà)
• 美國夢／美国梦 (Měiguómèng)
• 美國英語／美国英语 (Měiguó Yīngyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美國):

• → Korean: 미국 (美國, miguk)
• → Vietnamese: Mĩ Quốc (美國)

• → Zhuang: Meijgoz

See also

• 美洲 (Měizhōu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
美	國

Proper noun

美國 • (Miguk) (hangeul 미국)

1. Hanja form^? of 미국 (“America, United States”).

Derived terms

• 미국영어 (美國英語, migugyeong-eo, “American English”)
• 미국화 (美國化, migukhwa, “Americanization”)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
美	國

Noun

美國

1. Hán tự form of Mĩ Quốc (“America, United States”).