伊犁

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (伊犁)		伊	犁

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᡳᠯᡳ (ili), from Written Oirat ᡅᠯᡅ (ili).

Further etymology is not clear. In the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, compiled in the 11th century, the toponym is recorded as اِلا and glossed as the name of a river. 伊麗 (MC 'jij lje|lejH) and 伊列 (MC 'jij ljet), older Chinese translations of the name of the river, are attested in the Tongdian [801 CE] and the Old Book of Tang [945 CE].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Yīlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄧˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Йили (Yili, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ lai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yilí
    • Wade–Giles: I¹-li²
    • Yale: Yī-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ili
    • Palladius: Или (Ili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ li³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Йили (Yili, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴ li²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ lai⁴
    • Yale: yī làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²¹/

Proper noun

伊犁

1. (～河) Ili (river)
2. (～地區) (historical) Ili (a former prefecture of Xinjiang, China)
3. (～哈薩克自治州, ～州) Ili (a Kazakh autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, China)

Derived terms

• 伊犁專區／伊犁专区
• 伊犁府
• 伊犁河谷
• 伊犁盆地
• 伊犁行政區／伊犁行政区
• 伊犁道
• 伊犁鼠兔
• 外伊犁