合眾國

See also: 合衆国

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	numerous; multitude; crowd	country; state; nation
trad. (合眾國)		合	眾	國
simp. (合众国)		合	众	国

Etymology

Calque of English United States, from 合 (union) + 眾國 (democratic state), probably coined by Elijah Coleman Bridgman before 1844.[1] Soon rebracketed as 合眾 + 國.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hézhòngguó

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zung³ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hézhòngguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjonqgwo
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ zung³ gwok³
  - Yale: hahp jung gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzung³ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zung³ guog³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Noun

合眾國

federated nation; federation; united states
(rare) United States

Derived terms

墨西哥合眾國／墨西哥合众国
美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó, “United States of America”)

阿拉伯合眾國／阿拉伯合众国

References

Kengo Chiba, 訳語の意味変動 ― 日中韓における「合衆」, in 第4回漢字文化圏近代語研究会, 2004

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