黴國

See also: 霉国

Chinese

bacteria; fungi; mouldy country; state; nation
trad. (黴國/霉國) /
simp. (霉国)
Literally: “mouldy country”.

Etymology

A pun on 美國美国 (Měiguó), as the first characters (měi) and (méi) are nearly or exactly homophonous in many Sinitic languages.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

黴國

  1. (neologism, derogatory, slang) United States

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