米國

See also: 美國 and 米国

Chinese

		rice; metre	country; state; nation
trad. (米國)		米	國
simp. (米国)		米	国
anagram		國米／国米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǐguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mí-koet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-kok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǐguó
    • Wade–Giles: Mi³-kuo²
    • Yale: Mǐ-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miigwo
    • Palladius: Миго (Migo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ gwok³
    • Yale: máih gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mí-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ gued^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ ku̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-koq
    • MiniDict: mi^去 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 米国(べいこく) (Beikoku, “America (the country)”).

Proper noun

米國

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, rare, of Northeastern Mandarin, Internet slang, often humorous) the United States of America

   • 米國共和黨議員Weiner準備參加紐約市長競選，不小心把一張BO起的自拍照在Twitter上給群發了——原本是要單獨發給一個維持著網絡曖昧關係的女人，結果他就杯具了。 [MSC, trad.]
     米国共和党议员Weiner准备参加纽约市长竞选，不小心把一张BO起的自拍照在Twitter上给群发了——原本是要单独发给一个维持着网络暧昧关系的女人，结果他就杯具了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2011: 米国议员Weiner玩微博引发的杯具

     Mǐguó Gònghédǎng Yìyuán Weiner zhǔnbèi cānjiā Niǔyuē shìcháng jìngxuǎn, bùxiǎoxīn bǎ yī zhāng bóqǐ de zìpāizhào zài Twitter shàng gěi qúnfā le — yuánběn shì yào dāndú fā gěi yī ge wéichí zhe wǎngluò àimèi guānxì de nǚrén, jiéguǒ tā jiù bēijù le. [Pinyin]

     The Republican [sic] U.S. Congressman Weiner was going to begin an election campaign to run for the mayor of New York, but unintentionally, he sent a link to a photo of his erected penis - which was only meant to be seen by a woman who maintains unclear relationship with him on the Internet - on Twitter. Then “tragedy happened (to him)”.

Synonyms

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• 亞美利加 / 亚美利加 (Yàměilìjiā)
• 合省國 / 合省国 (Héshěngguó) (obsolete)
• 漂亮國 / 漂亮国 (Piàoliangguó) (slang, sarcastic)
• 燈塔國 / 灯塔国 (Dēngtǎguó) (derogatory)
• 美 (měi) (abbreviation)
• 美利堅 / 美利坚 (Měilìjiān) (dated)
• 美利堅合眾國 / 美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
• 美國 / 美国 (Měiguó)
• 美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
• 花旗 (Huāqí) (obsolete or Min Nan)
• 花旗國 / 花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)
• 醜國 / 丑国 (Chǒuguó) (derogatory)
• 金山 (gam¹ saan¹) (Cantonese, dated)
• 黴國 / 霉国 (Méiguó) (derogatory)

Dialectal synonyms of 美國 (“United States”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美利堅合眾國, 美國
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	美國
	Singapore	美國
Cantonese	Guangzhou	美國, 金山 dated
	Hong Kong	美國, 花旗國 dated
	Taishan	美國, 花旗, 金山
	Kaiping (Chikan)	金山
	Singapore (Guangfu)	美國
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	米國, 亞美利加
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Southern Min	Xiamen	美國
	Quanzhou	美國
	Jinjiang	花旗
	Zhangzhou	美國
	Tainan	美國
	Penang (Hokkien)	美國
	Singapore (Hokkien)	美國
	Manila (Hokkien)	美國, 花旗
	Singapore (Teochew)	美國
Wu	Shanghai	美國, 花旗

Etymology 2

Proper noun

米國

1. An ancient state in Central Asia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	國
べい Grade: 2	こく Jinmeiyō
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 米國 – see the following entry.

【米国べいこく】 [noun] [from 1819] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a country that is an exporter of rice [noun] [1603–1800s] (probably obsolete) a country that is rich in rice [proper noun] [from 1869] United States of America (a country in North America) 【米国こめぐに】 [noun] [1603–1800s] (probably obsolete) a country that is rich in rice [noun] [1819–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a country that is an exporter of rice

(This term, 米國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
米	國

Proper noun

米國 • (Miguk) (hangeul 미국)

1. (North Korea) hanja form^? of 미국 (“America, United States”)