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): ㄧㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ gat¹ lei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Eng-kiat-lī
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-ciq-li

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīngjílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄐㄧˊ 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

(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)

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

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