伯理璽天德
Chinese
editfather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address |
to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure |
ruler's seal | day; sky; heaven | Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind | ||
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trad. (伯理璽天德) | 伯 | 理 | 璽 | 天 | 德 | |
simp. (伯理玺天德) | 伯 | 理 | 玺 | 天 | 德 | |
Literally: “person who manages the national seal and has virtues like the Heaven”. |
Etymology
editPhono-semantic matching of English president.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bólǐsǐtiandé
- Wade–Giles: po2-li3-hsi3-tʻien1-tê2
- Yale: bwó-lǐ-syǐ-tyān-dé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borliishiitiander
- Palladius: болиситяньдэ (bolisitjanʹdɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
edit伯理璽天德
- (obsolete) president
- 大合眾國大伯理璽天德特派欽差全權大臣駐中華顧聖 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1844, Treaty of Wanghia
- Dà Hézhòngguó Dà Bólǐxǐtiāndé tèpài qīnchāi quánquán dàchén zhù Zhōnghuá Gù Shèng [Pinyin]
- The President of the United States has conferred full powers on their commissioner Caleb Cushing, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to China […]
大合众国大伯理玺天德特派钦差全权大臣驻中华顾圣 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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