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.]

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

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

(obsolete) United States of America

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