美圓

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify
trad. (美圓)		美	圓
simp. (美圆)		美	圆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-oân / bí-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-yüan²
    • Yale: měi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiyuan
    • Palladius: мэйюань (mɛjjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: méih yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-oân
    • Tâi-lô: bí-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byoaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-goân
    • Tâi-lô: bí-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'goaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/

Noun

美圓

1. Alternative form of 美元 (měiyuán)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美元 (“US dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美元, 美圓, 美金
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	美子 cant
	Taiwan	美金
	Singapore	美金
Cantonese	Hong Kong	美金
	Taishan	美金, 美紙
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	美金
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	美金
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	美金
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	美金
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	美金
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	美金
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	美金
Southern Min	Taipei	美金 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	美金
	Singapore (Teochew)	美金
	Wenchang	美元, 美金
Wu	Shanghai	美元
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)