英吉利

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); 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

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): ㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ gat¹ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Eng-kiat-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīngjílì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. (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)
• (dated) 英倫／英伦 (Yīnglún)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英吉利):

• → Vietnamese: Anh Cát Lợi (英吉利)

Others:

• Japanese: 英(イ)吉(ギ)利(リス) (Igirisu)

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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) 

1. Rare spelling of イギリス.

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
英	吉	利

Proper noun

英吉利

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