鬱林

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	woods; forest
trad. (鬱林)		鬱	林
simp. (郁林)		郁	林
alternative forms		鬰林

Etymology

Officially, with the establishment of 鬱林郡 (“Yulin commandery”) in 111 BCE.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùlín
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-lin²
    • Yale: Yù-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhlin
    • Palladius: Юйлинь (Jujlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ lin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: wāt làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ lɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jut lim

Rime
Character	鬱	林
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	紆物切	力尋切
Baxter	'jut	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/	/lim/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/	/lĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat1	lam4

Proper noun

鬱林

1. (historical, now dated) (～縣) Yulin (a city in Guangxi, China)
2. (historical) (～郡) Yulin (an ancient commandery of China)

Synonyms

• (modern name of the county) 玉林 (Yùlín)