伊犁

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (伊犁)		伊	犁

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᡳᠯᡳ (ili), from Written Oirat ᡅᠯᡅ (ili).

Further etymology is not clear. In the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, compiled in the 11th century, the toponym is recorded as اِلا and glossed as the name of a river. 伊麗 (MC 'jij lje|lejH) and 伊列 (MC 'jij ljet), older Chinese translations of the name of the river, are attested in the Tongdian [801 CE] and the Old Book of Tang [945 CE].

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Yīlí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄌㄧˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Йили (Yili, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ lai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīlí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yilí
  - Wade–Giles: I¹-li²
  - Yale: Yī-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ili
  - Palladius: Или (Ili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ li³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Йили (Yili, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴ li²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ lai⁴
  - Yale: yī làih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ lai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ lei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²¹/

Proper noun

伊犁

(～河) Ili (river)
(～地區) (historical) Ili (a former prefecture of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
(～哈薩克自治州, ～州) Ili (a Kazakh autonomous prefecture in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China)

Derived terms

伊犁專區 / 伊犁专区
伊犁府
伊犁河谷
伊犁盆地
伊犁行政區 / 伊犁行政区
伊犁道
伊犁鼠兔
外伊犁