英吉利

Chinese

 
flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (英吉利) 吉利
simp. #(英吉利) 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


Proper noun

英吉利

  1. (dated) Alternative name for 英格蘭英格兰 (Yīnggélán, “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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英吉利):
  • Vietnamese: Anh Cát Lợi (英吉利)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

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.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

英吉利

  1. chữ Hán form of Anh Cát Lợi (England).
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