英吉利

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English	auspicious; lucky; fortunate auspicious; lucky; fortunate; propitious
trad. (英吉利)		英	吉利
simp. ^#(英吉利)		英	吉利
alternative forms		𠸄咭唎𠸄咭㴝𠸄咕唎英圭黎英機黎／英机黎𠸄咭唎𠸄咭㴝𠸄咕唎英圭黎英機黎／英机黎𤠉狤猁 derogatory

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching from a word in a European language meaning English. Compare English English (adjective), Portuguese inglês (“English”, adjective), Japanese イギリス (Igirisu, “UK; Britain; England”).

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yīngjílì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ gat¹ lei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): Eng-kiat-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīngjílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yingjílì
  - Wade–Giles: Ying¹-chi²-li⁴
  - Yale: Yīng-jí-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingjyilih
  - Palladius: Инцзили (Inczili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ gat¹ lei⁶
  - Yale: yīng gāt leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ gat⁷ lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ ged¹ léi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng-kiat-lī
  - Tâi-lô: Ing-kiat-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engkiatli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ li³³/

Proper noun

英吉利

(dated) Alternative name for 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán, “England”).

Synonyms

英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán)
(proscribed) 英國／英国 (Yīngguó), 大英國／大英国
(dated) 英倫／英伦 (Yīnglún), 𠸄𠹹, 應蘭得／应兰得, 諳厄利亞／谙厄利亚, 昂利亞／昂利亚, 紅毛國／红毛国

Derived terms

英吉利海峽／英吉利海峡 (Yīngjílì hǎixiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英吉利):

→ Vietnamese: Anh Cát Lợi (英吉利)

Others:

Japanese: 英(イ)吉(ギ)利(リス) (Igirisu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
英	吉	利
い Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: S	りす Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, “England”).

Proper noun

英吉利(イギリス) • (Igirisu)

Dated spelling of イギリス.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
英	吉	利

Proper noun

英吉利

chữ Hán form of Anh Cát Lợi (“England”).

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