额尔金 in English E2 er3 jin1 Meaning

Meanings

  • James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860
  • Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

Simplified Characters

额 尔 金

Traditional Characters

額 爾 金

Pinyin

E2 er3 jin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

额e2variant of 額|额[e2] 尔er3variant of 爾|尔[er3] 金jin1surname Jin