吉林

吉林

Chinese

		lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (吉林)		吉	林
Literally: “auspicious forest”.

Etymology

Probably from 吉林烏拉／吉林乌拉 (jílín wūlā), the Chinese transcription of Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ (girin ula, “along the river”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jílín

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹ lam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kit-lìm
• Min Dong (BUC): Gék-lìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kiat-lîm / Kit-lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gig⁴ lim⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): jiq lin (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Jílín
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyilin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: gāt làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹ lem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵ lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kit-lìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gid` limˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵ lim²
    • IPA: /kit̚² lim¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gék-lìng
    • IPA ^(key): /kiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃iŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiat-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Kiat-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatliim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lim²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kit-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Kit-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kitliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ lim¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gig⁴ lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kik lîm
    • IPA ^(key): /kik̚²⁻⁴ lim⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jiq lin (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ³³ lɪɲ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

吉林

1. (～省) Jilin (a province in northeast China)
2. (～市) Jilin City (a city in Jilin, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
吉	林
きつ Grade: S	りん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

吉林 (hiragana きつりん, rōmaji Kitsurin)

1. Jilin province
2. Jilin city, in Jilin province