美鈔

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	money; paper money
trad. (美鈔)		美	鈔
simp. (美钞)		美	钞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měichāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ caau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-chhau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měichāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měichao
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chʻao¹
    • Yale: měi-chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeichau
    • Palladius: мэйчао (mɛjčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ caau¹
    • Yale: méih chāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ tsaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ cao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byzhaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴⁴/

Noun

美鈔

1. American dollar banknote