# 墨西哥
## Chinese

* 墨西哥

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico. Attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mòxīgē
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$ sai$^1$ go$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Me̍t-sî-kô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mêd$^6$ xi$^1$ go$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-se-ko / Bia̍k-se-ko
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag$^8$ sai$^1$ go$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$meq-shi-ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mòxīgē
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mòsige
*** Wade–Giles: Mo$^4$-hsi$^1$-ko$^1$
*** Yale: Mwò-syī-gē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohshige
*** Palladius: Мосигэ (Mosigɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ sai$^1$ go$^1$
*** Yale: mahk sāi gō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ sai$^1$ go$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ sei$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Me̍t-sî-kô
*** Hakka Romanization System: med xi$^ˊ$ go$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: med$^6$ xi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ si²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mêd$^6$ xi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚⁵ si⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-se-ko
*** Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-se-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: begse'koy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bia̍k-se-ko
*** Tâi-lô: Bia̍k-se-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biagse'koy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² se³³ ko³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhag$^8$ sai$^1$ go$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k sai ko
*** Sinological IPA : /bak̚⁴⁻² sai³³⁻²³ ko³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$meq-shi-ku
*** MiniDict: meh$^入$ shi ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$meq-xi-ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ ɕi²² ku²³/

### Proper noun

墨西哥
* Mexico (a country in North America)
** 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 4:
       Mòxīgē běn Xībānyá suǒ gǎijiàn, gù yǔyán wénzì, yǔ Xībānyá tóng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1854 November 1, “論銀事數條”, in 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume II, number 11, page 8:
       leoi$^5$ man$^4$ aa$^3$ mei$^5$ lei$^6$ gaa$^1$ zi$^1$ bei$^3$ lou$^5$, zi$^3$ lei$^6$, kap$^6$ mak$^6$ sai$^1$ go$^1$ sou$^3$ cyu$^3$, so$^2$ ceot$^1$ zi$^1$ ngan$^4$, kei$^4$ ngan$^4$ sik$^1$ gaau$^3$ jyu$^1$ tong$^4$ ngan$^4$ gang$^3$ sing$^3$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: 1950s, writing by ​Kim Yeong'ik (金永益)
    Mukseoga ji mang eo Ban ya, bun gi seo, myeol gi mun, ryuk gi hagin. [Sino-Korean]
    When Mexico was conquered by Spain, [the Spaniards] burnt their books, annihilated their writings, and massacred their learned men.

#### Synonyms

* (obsolete) 墨是可
* (Mexico and American Cantonese) 呂宋／吕宋

#### Derived terms

* 新墨西哥 (Xīn Mòxīgē)
* 墨西哥人 (mòxīgērén)
* 墨西哥包 (Mòxīgē bāo)
* 墨西哥卷餅 / 墨西哥卷饼 (Mòxīgē juǎnbǐng)
* 墨西哥合眾國 / 墨西哥合众国
* 墨西哥城 (Mòxīgēchéng)
* 墨西哥灣 / 墨西哥湾 (Mòxīgē Wān)
* 墨西哥高原 (Mòxīgē Gāoyuán)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 墨 | 西 | 哥 |
| めき Grade: S | し Grade: 2 | こ Hyōgai |
| irregular |||
* Alternative spelling
* 墨西哥 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Mexico, in turn from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē).

### Proper noun

墨西哥(メキシコ) • (Mekishiko)
* Obsolete spelling of メキシコ (“Mexico (a country)”).