美國人 (mei5 gwok3 jan4 | mei3 guo2 ren2) : American person

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美國人

mei5 gwok3 jan4

mei3 guo2 ren2

American person; American people; people of the United States

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,080,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

美國人 / 美国人

This word has been viewed 3627 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 17th Aug 2005 14:59 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

美 mei5 - beautiful
國 gwok3 - nation; country; state
人 jan4 - person; human being

2 compounds containing this word:

華裔美國人 - [n] a Chinese-American, an ethnic Chinese person of American descent
科學美國人 - Scientific American

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波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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Decimal representation of this word: 美國人

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *