彌利堅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (彌利堅)		彌	利	堅
simp. (弥利坚)		弥	利	坚

Etymology

From English America. Attested in the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms by Wei Yuan:

嗚呼！彌利堅國非有雄材梟傑之王也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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呜呼！弥利坚国非有雄材枭杰之王也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

Wūhū! Mílìjiān guó fēi yǒu xióng cái xiāo jié zhī wáng yě. [Pinyin]

Alas! America has not an outstanding king.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mílìjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mílìjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mílìjian
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²-li⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: Mí-lì-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Milihjian
    • Palladius: Милицзянь (Miliczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

彌利堅

1. (obsolete) United States of America