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 𠸄咭㴝 𠸄咕唎 英圭黎 英機黎／英机黎 𠸄咭唎 𠸄咭㴝 𠸄咕唎 英圭黎 英機黎／英机黎 𤠉狤猁 derogatory

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
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-ciq-li

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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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-ciq-li
    • MiniDict: in^平 cih li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-jiq-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ li²¹/

Proper noun

英吉利

1. (dated) Alternative name for 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán).: England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

   • 奉天承運皇帝勅諭𠸄咭唎國王知悉 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     奉天承运皇帝勅谕𠸄咭唎国王知悉 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1793, Qianlong's letter to George III

     fèngtiānchéngyùn huángdì chìyù Yīngjílì guówáng zhīxī [Pinyin]

     The Emperor, by the Grace of Heaven, issues the imperial edict to the King of England: […]

Synonyms

• 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán)
• (proscribed) 英國／英国 (Yīngguó), 大英國／大英国
• (dated) 英倫／英伦 (Yīnglún), 𠸄𠹹, 應蘭得／应兰得, 諳厄利亞／谙厄利亚, 昂利亞／昂利亚, 紅毛國／红毛国

Derived terms

• 英吉利海峽 / 英吉利海峡 (Yīngjílì hǎixiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英吉利):

• → Vietnamese: Anh Cát Lợi (英吉利)

Others:

• Japanese: 英(イ)吉(ギ)利(リス) (Igirisu)

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. Dated spelling of イギリス.: England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
英	吉	利

Proper noun

英吉利

1. (obsolete) chữ Hán form of Anh Cát Lợi.: England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)