英吉利海峡

英吉利海峽

YīngjílìHǎixiá

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Meanings

1 the English Channel (between England and France)

Characters

lucky; phonetic 'gi'

benefit; phonetic 'li'

Examples

英吉利海峡是英国和法国之间的海峡。

Yīngjílì Hǎixiá shì Yīngguó hé Fǎguó zhījiān de hǎixiá.

The English Channel is the strait between Britain and France.

他是第一个游过英吉利海峡的中国人。

Tā shì dì-yī gè yóuguò Yīngjílì Hǎixiá de Zhōngguó rén.

He was the first Chinese person to swim across the English Channel.

Tips

culture

英吉利 (Yīngjílì) is the older Chinese transliteration of 'English' (from 'English-li'), which is why this strait is named after the English rather than 'British' (英国). 海峡 (hǎixiá) means 'strait' or 'channel'. The French equivalent name (La Manche / 拉芒什海峡) is rarely used in Chinese.

Stroke Order

英 yīng

吉 jí

利 lì

海 hǎi

峡 xiá