伯理璽天德

Chinese

		father'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
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

Phono-semantic matching of English president.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bólǐxǐtiāndé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bólǐxǐtiāndé [Phonetic: bólíxǐtiāndé]
    • 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/

Noun

伯理璽天德

1. (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.]
     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.]

     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 […]

Synonyms

• (short form) 伯理 (bólǐ)
• 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (伯理璽天德):

• → Korean: 백리새천덕(伯理璽天德) (baengnisaecheondeok)