燈塔國

Chinese

		lighthouse	country; state; nation
trad. (燈塔國)		燈塔	國
simp. (灯塔国)		灯塔	国
Literally: “lighthouse country”.

Etymology

From 民主燈塔 (mínzhǔ dēngtǎ), a calque of English lighthouse (or beacon) of democracy, a nickname of the United States (see Wikipedia:City upon a Hill).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dēngtǎguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄊㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dēngtǎguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄊㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dengtǎguó
    • Wade–Giles: Têng¹-tʻa³-kuo²
    • Yale: Dēng-tǎ-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dengtaagwo
    • Palladius: Дэнтаго (Dɛntago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

燈塔國

1. (often derogatory) United States