Guilin

See also: Guìlín

English

Alternative forms

• Kuei-lin (Wade–Giles)
• Kweilin (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桂林 (Guìlín, “Laurel Forest”), with particular reference to the area's Cinnamomum cassia.

Proper noun

Guilin

1. A city in Guangxi, China.
   • 1978, Angus W. McDonald, Jr., “Elites and the Mass Movement, 1926”, in The Urban Origins of Rural Revolution: Elites and the Masses in Hunan Province, China, 1911-1927‎^[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:

     In early May, advance elements of Li Zong-ren’s Seventh Army of the Northern Expeditionary Force advanced from Guilin, securing Tang’s flanks and boosting his soldiers’ morale.

   • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎^[2], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 436–437:

     Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside. After Guilin, we made a stop in Hong Kong to see Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive chosen by the Chinese after the British left.

   • [2015, Bill Porter, “Wuchou [梧州]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

     The West River was formed by the confluence of two rivers: the Hsun, which led further west to Kuanghsi’s new provincial capital of Nanning, and the Lichiang (or Kueichiang), which led north to the province’s old capital of Kueilin. Summer rains lifted the level of both rivers by as much as twenty meters, and summer was the only time of the year that Kueilin could be reached by boat.]

Translations

a city in Guangxi, China

• Arabic: غُويْلِين m (ḡuylīn), جُويْلِين m (guylīn)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 桂林 (gwai³ lam⁴)

  Hokkien: 桂林 (Kùi-lîm)

  Mandarin: 桂林 (zh) (Guìlín)

• Georgian: კუეილინი (ḳueilini)
• Japanese: 桂林 (ja) (けいりん, Keirin)
• Korean: 구이린 (Gu'irin)
• Macedonian: Гу́јлин m (Gújlin)
• Russian: Гуйли́нь m (Gujlínʹ)
• Thai: กุ้ยหลิน (gûilĭn)
• Vietnamese: Quế Lâm (vi)
• Zhuang: Gveilinz

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guilin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1466, column 1

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.lɛ̃/

Proper noun

Guilin

1. a male given name, equivalent to French Ghislain