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Definition 2024

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

吉林

吉林 ‎(hiragana きつりん, romaji Kitsurin)

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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
  - 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, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiat-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Kiat-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatliim
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lim²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kit-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Kit-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kitliim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ lim¹³/