宜蘭

宜蘭

See also: 宜兰

Chinese

		proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate	orchid
trad. (宜蘭)		宜	蘭
simp. (宜兰)		宜	兰

Etymology

With 1875 renaming from Komalan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳), from Min Nan 噶瑪蘭／噶玛兰 (Kat-má-lán), 蛤仔蘭／蛤仔兰 (Kap-chú-lân) or 蛤仔難／蛤仔难 (Kap-á-lān), names given to sites of the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yílán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ laan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngì-làn
• Min Dong (BUC): Ngiè-làng
• Min Nan (POJ): Gî-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yílán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yilan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yílán
    • IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ laan⁴
    • Yale: yìh làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ lan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ läːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngì-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ lanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² lan²
    • IPA: /ɲi¹¹ lan¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngiè-làng
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋie⁵³⁻³³ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gî-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Gî-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gilaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi¹³⁻²² lan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi²³⁻³³ lan²³/

Proper noun

宜蘭

1. (～縣) Yilan (a county of Taiwan)
2. (～市) Yilan (a city in Yilan County, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Yilan

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宜	蘭
ぎ Grade: S	らん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

宜蘭 (hiragana ぎらん, rōmaji Giran)

1. Yilan (city in Taiwan)