美 国 Měi guó United States / USA / US 我 们 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our 我 等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic) 阿 拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) my / our / I / we / me / us 我 辈 wǒ bèi (literary) we / us 吾 等 wú děng (literary) we / us 吾 辈 wú bèi (literary) we / us 吾 人 wú rén (literary) we / us 美 元 Měi yuán American dollar / US dollar 下 来 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) 咱 们 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] 美 军 Měi jūn US army / US armed forces 布 什 Bù shí Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 你 我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 来 信 lái xìn incoming letter / to send us a letter 华 盛 顿 Huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 美 金 Měi jīn US dollar / USD 柯 达 Kē dá Kodak (brand, US film company) / full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yi1 shi4 man4 Ke1 da2 Gong1 si1] 卡 特 Kǎ tè Carter (name) / James Earl (Jimmy) Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981 美 国 政 府 měi guó zhèng fǔ US government / American government 公 开 赛 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open") 自 己 人 zì jǐ rén those on our side / ourselves / one's own people / one of us 希 尔 Xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 克 林 顿 Kè lín dùn Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician 夏 威 夷 Xià wēi yí Hawaii, US state 美 联 储 Měi lián chǔ US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank 林 肯 Lín kěn Lincoln (name) / Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865 / Lincoln, US car make 美 英 Měi Yīng US and UK / Anglo-American 咱 俩 zán liǎ the two of us 美 圆 Měi yuán US dollar 赖 斯 Lài sī Rice (name) / Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 戈 尔 Gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate 敌 我 dí wǒ the enemy and us 肯 尼 迪 Kěn ní dí Kennedy (name) / J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963 州 长 zhōu zhǎng governor (of a province or colony) / US state governor / premier (Australian states) 美 国 国 会 Měi guó Guó huì US Congress 罗 斯 福 Luó sī fú Roosevelt (name) / Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909 / Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945 绿 卡 lu:4 kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 星 巴 克 Xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 米 歇 尔 Mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 施 瓦 辛 格 Shī wǎ xīn gé Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 中 情 局 Zhōng qíng jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA / abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1 yang1 Qing2 bao4 ju2] 美 籍 Měi jí American (i.e. of US nationality) 希 拉 里 Xī lā lǐ Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician 阿 拉 斯 加 A1 lā sī jiā Alaska, US state 新 泽 西 Xīn zé xī New Jersey, US state 抗 美 援 朝 kàng Měi yuán Cháo Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) 雷 德 Léi dé Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009 中 央 情 报 局 Zhōng yāng Qíng bào jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA 美 加 Měi Jiā US and Canada (abbr.) 切 尼 Qiē ní Cheney (name) / Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008 里 根 Lǐ gēn Reagan (name) / Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) 美 网 Měi wǎng US Open (tennis tournament) 多 尔 Duō ěr Dole (name) / Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 奥 克 兰 Aò kè lán Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city) 华 府 Huá fǔ Washington, D.C. / the US federal government 马 歇 尔 Mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate 基 辛 格 Jī xīn gé Henry Kissinger (1923-), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977 美 国 国 务 院 Měi guó Guó wù yuàn US Department of State 尼 克 松 Ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon 弗 吉 尼 亚 Fú jí ní yà variant of 弗吉尼亞州|弗吉尼亚州 / Virginia, US state 得 克 萨 斯 Dé kè sà sī Texas, US state 霍 夫 曼 Huò fū màn Hofmann or Hoffman (name) / August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist / Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor 富 兰 克 林 Fù lán kè lín Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author / surname Franklin 自 家 人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 道 奇 Dào qí Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC 预 警 机 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 白 头 偕 老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 金 成 Jīn Chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office 哈 勃 Hā bó Hubble (name) / Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), US astronomer 印 第 安 纳 Yìn dì ān nà Indiana, US state 空 军 一 号 Kōng jūn Yī hào Air Force One, US presidential jet 亨 氏 Hēng shì Heinz (name) / Heinz, US food processing company 飞 虎 队 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 忍 者 神 龟 Rěn zhě Shén guī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc 马 萨 诸 塞 Mǎ sà zhū sài Massachusetts, US state 众 议 员 zhòng yì yuán member of the US House of Representatives 乔 治 亚 Qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / Georgia (country) 华 盛 顿 州 Huá shèng dùn zhōu Washington, US State 卡 夫 Kǎ fū Kraft, US food company 张 伯 伦 Zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name) / Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player 马 斯 洛 mǎ sī luò Maslow (surname) / Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), US psychologist 密 歇 根 Mì xiē gēn Michigan, US state 内 华 达 Nèi huá dá Nevada, US state 堪 萨 斯 Kān sà sī Kansas, US state 蒙 代 尔 Méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996 密 西 根 Mì xī gēn Michigan, US state (Tw) 后 生 可 畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time 王 颖 Wáng Yǐng Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director 美 钞 Měi chāo US dollar bill / greenback 伯 恩 斯 Bó ēn sī Burns (name) / Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2021- 罗 德 岛 Luó dé Dǎo Rhode Island, US state / Rhodes, an island of Greece 哈 伯 Hā bó Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), US astronomer / Fritz Haber (1868-1934), German chemist 尼 米 兹 Ní mǐ zī Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral 大 纪 元 Dà Jì yuán Epoch Times, US newspaper 马 里 兰 Mǎ lǐ lán Maryland, US state 密 歇 根 州 Mì xiē gēn zhōu Michigan, US state 新 墨 西 哥 州 Xīn Mò xī gē zhōu New Mexico, US state 堪 萨 斯 州 Kān sà sī zhōu Kansas, US state 美 宇 航 局 Měi Yǔ háng jú US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / abbr. for 美國宇航局|美国宇航局