英吉利

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Chinese

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flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 
trad. (英吉利) 吉利
simp. #(英吉利) 吉利
alternative forms

Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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英吉利

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (英吉利):
  • Vietnamese: Anh Cát Lợi (英吉利)

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
りす
Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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英吉利(イギリス) (Igirisu

  1. Dated spelling of イギリス.

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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英吉利

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