美屬

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	belong to; category; be subordinate to belong to; category; be subordinate to; (taxonomy) genus; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); family members; dependants; join together; fix one's attention on; concentrate on
trad. (美屬)		美	屬
simp. (美属)		美	属

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měishǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ suk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-sio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měishǔ [Phonetic: méishǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měishǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-shu³
    • Yale: měi-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishuu
    • Palladius: мэйшу (mɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ suk⁶
    • Yale: méih suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bí-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bysiok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

美屬

1. (attributive) American dependency

Derived terms

• 美屬維京群島／美属维京群岛 (Měishǔ Wéijīng Qúndǎo)
• 美屬維爾京群島／美属维尔京群岛 (Měishǔ Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo)
• 美屬薩摩亞／美属萨摩亚 (Měishǔ Sàmóyà)