美國

See also: 米國 and 米国

Chinese

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

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 [1844]. (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
/*[m]rəjʔ/ /*[C.q]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. *[t] 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 [MSC, trad.]
    申请美国旅游签证拒签 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ dì yī cì shēnqǐng Měiguó lǚyóu qiānzhèng bèi jùqiān le. [Pinyin]
    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 [MSC, trad.]
    20世纪60年代美国人工智能出现爆发性发展 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài èrshí shìjì liùshí niándài, Měiguó réngōng zhìnéng chūxiàn le bàofāxìng de fāzhǎn. [Pinyin]
    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)