英

英 U+82F1, 英 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F1 ← 苰 [U+82F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 苲 → [U+82F2]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

英 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 廿中月大 (TLBK), four-corner 4453₀, composition ⿱艹央)

Derived characters

• 偀, 𠸄, 𡎘, 媖, 㡕, 渶, 愥, 暎, 朠, 楧, 煐, 瑛, 䁐, 碤, 䊔, 緓(绬), 蝧, 鍈(锳), 韺, 䭊
• 䣐, 㲟, 䚆, 鶧, 𩤯, 𪃳, 霙, 㢍, 䦫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1024, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30808
• Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3192, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (央) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鴦	*qaːŋ, *qaŋ
佒	*qaːŋ
咉	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
眏	*qaːŋ
姎	*qaːŋ, *qaːŋʔ
坱	*qaːŋʔ
映	*qaːŋʔ, *qraŋs
泱	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋ
盎	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
駚	*qaːŋʔ, *qaŋʔ
軮	*qaːŋʔ
醠	*qaːŋʔ, *qaːŋs
央	*qaŋ
秧	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ
殃	*qaŋ
鞅	*qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
鉠	*qaŋ, *qraŋ
雵	*qaŋ
胦	*qaŋ, *qroːŋ
柍	*qaŋʔ
詇	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs, *qraŋs
岟	*qaŋʔ
炴	*qaŋʔ
怏	*qaŋʔ, *qaŋs
紻	*qaŋʔ
英	*qraŋ
瑛	*qraŋ
霙	*qraŋ
韺	*qraŋ
媖	*qraŋ
渶	*qraŋ
鶧	*qraŋ
楧	*qraŋ
暎	*qraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qraŋ): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 央 (OC *qaŋ).

Etymology 1

trad.		英
simp. #		英
alternative forms		偀 ancient

Uncertain. There are several possibilities:

• Of Sino-Tibetan origin, related to Mizo ân (“to open the mouth to receive food, to open to”), âng (“to open (mouth), to gape with open mouth”); if so, this word would come from the idea of an open flower (Schuessler, 2007);
• Related to Mizo êng (“light”), ên (“to shine, to give light, bright, brilliant”) (Schuessler, 2007);
• Related to Proto-Bahnaric *ʔaːŋ (“bright”) (from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔaiŋ (“light, to shine”)), which may be also/instead related to 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow”) (Schuessler, 2007);
• Related to 秧 (OC *qaŋ, *qaŋʔ, “rice seedling”) (Sagart, 2011).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yin¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йин (yin, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): in¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yin¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): éng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iaⁿ / eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): in¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: in
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йин (yin, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: in¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: éng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
    • Tâi-lô: ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• iaⁿ - vernacular;
• eng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in
    • MiniDict: in^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: in¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 英
Mandarin	Beijing	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/iŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/iŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/iŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/iŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/iŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/iŋ²¹/
	Xining	/iə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/iŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ĩn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/iŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/in⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/in⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/in⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ĩ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/in³¹/
	Hefei	/in²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/iŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ĩŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/iŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/in⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔin³³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠aŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/iʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/iɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/in³³/
	Xiangtan	/in³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/in⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/in⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/in²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jeŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/jeŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jiŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/iŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/eiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/eŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/eŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jaeng

Rime
Character	英
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於驚切
Baxter	'jaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	英
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ<r>aŋ/
English	young grass plants
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	英
Reading #	1/1
No.	14510
Phonetic component	央
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霙
Old Chinese	/*qraŋ/

Definitions

英

1. (literary) flower; blossom

   • 彼其之子，美如英。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǐjì zhīzǐ, měi rú yīng. [Pinyin]

     That one is as beautiful as a flower.

   • 忽逢桃花林，夾岸數百步，中無雜樹，芳草鮮美，落英繽紛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步，中无杂树，芳草鲜美，落英缤纷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記 (The Peach Blossom Spring)

     Hū féng táohuā lín, jiā àn shù bǎi bù, zhōng wú zá shù, fāngcǎo xiānměi, luò yīng bīnfēn. [Pinyin]

     Suddenly, he came upon a forest of peach blossoms stretching for several hundred paces along both banks of the waterway. There were no stray trees mixed among them. There was a fresh and pleasing scent of fragrant grass. Fallen peach blossoms were scattered about in abundance.

2. (of a person) outstanding

   英才  ―  yīngcái  ―  person of outstanding ability

   英姿  ―  yīngzī  ―  heroic bearing

3. fine; excellent

   英名  ―  yīngmíng  ―  illustrious name

4. (literary) finest part; quintessence

   含英咀華／含英咀华  ―  hányīngjǔhuá  ―  to savour the merits of a literary work

5. hero; outstanding person

   群英  ―  qúnyīng  ―  ensemble of talents

6. (obsolete) panache on a lance

   • 二矛重英 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Érmáo chóng yīng [Pinyin]

     The two lances' panaches flourished doubly

7. a surname

   英布  ―  Yīng Bù  ―  Ying Bu (warlord and vassal king who lived in the early Han dynasty)

Compounds

• 一世英名
• 三英 (sānyīng)
• 二噁英 / 二𫫇英 (èr'èyīng)
• 仇英
• 作育英才
• 勝英 / 胜英 (Shèngyīng)
• 含英
• 含英咀華 / 含英咀华 (hányīngjǔhuá)
• 咀英嚼華 / 咀英嚼华
• 天縱英明 / 天纵英明
• 女英 (Nǚyīng)
• 宗英
• 巾幗英雄 / 巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
• 張谷英 / 张谷英 (Zhānggǔyīng)
• 武英殿
• 民族英雄 (mínzú yīngxióng)
• 海英 (Hǎiyīng)
• 無名英雄 / 无名英雄 (wúmíngyīngxióng)
• 玄英
• 王英 (Wángyīng)
• 玉英
• 瑤英 / 瑶英
• 瓊英 / 琼英
• 痛失英才
• 白英 (báiyīng)
• 百卉含英
• 石英 (shíyīng)
• 石英岩
• 石英玻璃
• 石英錶 / 石英表 (shíyīngbiǎo)
• 神采英拔
• 精英 (jīngyīng)
• 精英樹 / 精英树
• 紫石英 (zǐshíyīng)
• 紫雲英 / 紫云英 (zǐyúnyīng)
• 群英 (qúnyīng)
• 群英會 / 群英会
• 耆英 (qíyīng)
• 舜英
• 英仙座 (Yīngxiānzuò)
• 英俊 (yīngjùn)
• 英傑 / 英杰 (yīngjié)
• 英儒
• 英勇 (yīngyǒng)
• 英勇善戰 / 英勇善战
• 英勇無敵 / 英勇无敌
• 英勇雄壯 / 英勇雄壮
• 英名 (yīngmíng)
• 英姿 (yīngzī)
• 英姿煥發 / 英姿焕发
• 英姿邁往 / 英姿迈往
• 英姿颯爽 / 英姿飒爽
• 英媛
• 茂實英聲 / 茂实英声
• 英尋 / 英寻 (yīngxún)
• 英山 (Yīngshān)
• 英布
• 英年 (yīngnián)
• 英德 (Yīngdé)
• 英才 (yīngcái)
• 英才俊偉 / 英才俊伟
• 英拔
• 英挺 (yīngtǐng)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 英明睿智
• 英武 (yīngwǔ)
• 英毅
• 英氣 / 英气 (yīngqì)
• 英氣勃勃 / 英气勃勃
• 英氣逼人 / 英气逼人
• 英氣風發 / 英气风发
• 英烈 (yīngliè)
• 英烈千秋
• 英爽
• 英物
• 英特
• 英特邁往 / 英特迈往
• 英發 / 英发
• 英皇 (yīnghuáng)
• 英石
• 英聲 / 英声
• 英聲茂實 / 英声茂实
• 英英 (yīngyīng)
• 若英
• 英華 / 英华
• 英豪 (yīngháo)
• 英銳 / 英锐
• 英雄 (yīngxióng)
• 英雄主義 / 英雄主义
• 英雄入彀
• 英雄好漢 / 英雄好汉 (yīngxiónghǎohàn)
• 英雄所見略同 / 英雄所见略同 (yīngxióng suǒjiànlüètóng)
• 英雄本色
• 英雄末路
• 英雄樹 / 英雄树
• 英雄氣短 / 英雄气短
• 英雄無用武之地 / 英雄无用武之地 (yīngxióng wú yòngwǔ zhī dì)
• 英雄短氣 / 英雄短气
• 英雄豪傑 / 英雄豪杰 (yīngxióngháojié)
• 英靈 / 英灵 (yīnglíng)
• 英風 / 英风
• 英風偉烈 / 英风伟烈
• 英風宛在 / 英风宛在
• 英風義氣 / 英风义气
• 英髦
• 英魂 (yīnghún)
• 草莽英雄
• 菁英 (jīngyīng)
• 菁英分子
• 落英 (luòyīng)
• 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng)
• 蘭英 / 兰英 (Lányīng)
• 蜚英騰茂 / 蜚英腾茂
• 豪英
• 雲英 / 云英
• 雲英未嫁 / 云英未嫁
• 颯爽英姿 / 飒爽英姿
• 黑英山 (Hēiyīngshān)

Etymology 2

trad.		英
simp. #		英
alternative forms		𠸄

Short form of 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, “England”) or 英格蘭 / 英格兰 (Yīnggélán, “England”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yin¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
    • Tâi-lô: ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in
    • MiniDict: in^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵³/

Definitions

英

1. (short form) Britain, United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)

   英軍／英军  ―  yīngjūn  ―  British Armed Forces

2. (short form) English language

   中英數／中英数 [Cantonese]  ―  zung¹ jing¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  Chinese, English and mathematics

   • 2016, Batman Sir, 《90後教師血淚史》, Hong Kong: 小明文創, →ISBN, page 51:

     履歷表中定英？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     履历表中定英？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     lei⁵ lik⁶ biu² zung¹ ding⁶ jing¹? [Jyutping]

     Should my CV be Chinese or English?

3. (in compounds) imperial (relating to the British imperial system of measurement)

   英寸  ―  yīngcùn  ―  inch

Compounds

• 大英國協 / 大英国协 (Dàyīng Guóxié)
• 大英帝國 / 大英帝国 (Dàyīng Dìguó)
• 新英格蘭 / 新英格兰 (Xīn Yīnggélán)
• 英中 (yīngzhōng)
• 英倫 / 英伦 (Yīnglún)
• 英兩 / 英两 (yīngliǎng)
• 英制 (yīngzhì)
• 英吉利 (Yīngjílì)
• 英噸 / 英吨 (yīngdūn)
• 英國 / 英国 (Yīngguó)
• 英國國教 / 英国国教
• 英國管 / 英国管 (yīngguóguǎn)
• 英女王 (Yīngnǚwáng)
• 英女皇 (Yīngnǚhuáng)
• 英寸 (yīngcùn)
• 英尺 (yīngchǐ)
• 英文 (Yīngwén)
• 英格蘭 / 英格兰 (Yīnggélán)
• 英法聯軍 / 英法联军
• 英王 (yīngwáng)
• 英畝 / 英亩 (yīngmǔ)
• 英皇 (yīnghuáng)
• 英石
• 英磅 (Yīngbàng)
• 英語 / 英语 (Yīngyǔ)
• 英語民族 / 英语民族
• 英里 (yīnglǐ, “mile”)
• 英鎊 / 英镑 (Yīngbàng)

Etymology 3

trad.		英
simp. #		英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīng (ying¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ing
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing¹
    • Yale: yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

英

1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 英也爾 / 英也尔 (Yīngyě'ěr)
• 英吉沙 (Yīngjíshā)
• 英吾斯塘 (Yīngwúsītáng)
• 英巴格 (Yīngbāgé)
• 英艾日克 (Yīng'àirìkè)
• 英買里 (Yīngmǎilǐ)
• 英阿瓦提 (Yīng'āwǎtí)

Etymology 4

trad.		英
simp. #		英

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng
    • Tâi-lô: ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

英

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 塕 (eng, “(of dust, sand, etc.) to rise and permeate; to fill the air or get onto something”)
   • 2022, “目睛有沙”, 李岩修 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 (music)‎performed by 吳木 and 田顏玫:

     我嘸哮　是我目睛英著沙 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我呒哮　是我目睛英着沙 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     góa bô háu, sī góa ba̍k-chiu eng-tio̍h soa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)