daai6 bat1 lit6 din1 kap6 bak1 oi3 ji5 laan4 lyun4 hap6 wong4 gwok3大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国
Jyutpingdaai6 bat1 lit6 din1 kap6 bak1 oi3 ji5 laan4 lyun4 hap6 wong4 gwok3
Yaledaaih bāt liht dīn kahp bāk oi yíh làahn lyùhn hahp wòhng gwok
Definition
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the full name of the United Kingdom.
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How it's used
This full name is almost exclusively used in formal, legal, or diplomatic contexts such as official documents, treaties, or international agreements. In daily conversation, people invariably use 英國 to refer to the country. Using the full name in casual speech sounds extremely stiff, pedantic, or overly formal.
Examples
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the official country name.
Do you know where the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is?
Related words
Common phrases
UK government
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
