英吉利

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English	auspicious; lucky; fortunate auspicious; lucky; fortunate; propitious; Jili District
simp. and trad. (英吉利)		英	吉利

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
Min Nan (POJ): Eng-kiat-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yīngjílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingjyilih
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ gat¹ lei⁶
  - Yale: yīng gāt leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ gat⁷ lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ ged¹ léi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (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/

Proper noun

英吉利

(dated) Alternative name for 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán, “England”).

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 (katakana イギリス, rōmaji Igirisu)

Rare spelling of イギリス.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
英	吉	利

Proper noun

英吉利

Hán tự form of Anh Cát Lợi, “England”

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