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Definition 2025

		base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; radical (chem.)	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
simp. and trad. (基隆)		基	隆

基隆

基隆 ‎(katakana キールン, romaji Kīrun)

Renamed in 1875 from Min Nan 雞籠／鸡笼 (Ke-lâng, Koe-lâng)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jīlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jilong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: gēi lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kî-lùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi´ lungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ lung²
  - IPA: /ki²⁴ luŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Giĕ-lè̤ng
  - IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵ l̃øyŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Ke-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kelaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Kue-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koelaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki-liông
  - Tâi-lô: Ki-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kilioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/