美濟礁
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]beautiful; beauty; America | aid; ferry; frugal | reef; shoal rock | ||
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trad. (美濟礁) | 美 | 濟 | 礁 | |
simp. (美济礁) | 美 | 济 | 礁 |
Etymology
[edit]Named in 1947, as a phono-semantic matching of English Mischief Reef, replacing the previous name 南惡礁/南恶礁 published in 1935, which is a calque of English Mischief Reef.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Měijìjiao
- Wade–Giles: Mei3-chi4-chiao1
- Yale: Měi-jì-jyāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeijihjiau
- Palladius: Мэйцзицзяо (Mɛjcziczjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
[edit]美濟礁
- Mischief Reef (a reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea)
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- Chinese phono-semantic matchings from English
- Chinese terms derived from English
- Chinese terms calqued from English
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 美
- Chinese terms spelled with 濟
- Chinese terms spelled with 礁