桂林

Chinese

		laurel(s) Chinese cinnamon	forest(s) woods
simp. and trad. (桂林)		桂	林

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guìlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai³ lam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei¹ lim³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gui⁴ lim²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kùi-lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guìlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guèilín
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-lin²
    • Yale: Gwèi-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueylin
    • Palladius: Гуйлинь (Gujlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ lam⁴
    • Yale: gwai làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei¹ lim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³³ lim²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gui⁴ lim²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lim¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kùi-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Kuì-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuieliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui³ lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi lîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lim⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwejH lim

Rime
Character	桂	林
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古惠切	力尋切
Baxter	kwejH	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kweiH/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷeiH/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛiH/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛjH/	/lim/
Li Rong	/kueiH/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/kiweiH/	/lĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiweiH/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3	lam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːs  ɡ·rɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	林
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ lim ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]əm/
English	forest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桂	林
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4579	8165
Phonetic component	圭	林
Rime group	支	侵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	桂	林
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːs/	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Proper noun

桂林

1. (～市) Guilin (a city in Guangxi, China)
2. (historical) (～郡) Guilin (an ancient commandery in modern Guangxi, China)

Derived terms

• 桂林山水甲天下 (Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià)
• 桂林槭 (guìlínqì)
• 桂林樓梯草／桂林楼梯草 (Guìlín lóutīcǎo)
• 桂林西瓜霜 (Guìlín xīguāshuāng)
• 桂林話／桂林话 (Guìlínhuà)
• 桂林路 (Guìlínlù)
• 桂林鰍鮀／桂林鳅𬶍 (Guìlín qiūtuó)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂林):

• → Japanese: 桂林(けいりん) (Keirin)
• → Korean: 계림(桂林) (Gyerim)
• → Vietnamese: Quế Lâm (桂林)

Others:

• → English: Guilin, Kuei-lin, Kweilin
• → Georgian: კუეილინი (ḳueilini)
• → Korean: 구이린 (Gu'irin)
• → Zhuang: Gveilinz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桂	林
けい Jinmeiyō	りん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɾʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

桂(けい)林(りん) • (Keirin) 

1. Guilin (a city in Guangxi, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
桂	林

Proper noun

桂林 • (Gyerim) (hangeul 계림)

1. Hanja form^? of 계림 (“Guilin”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
桂	林

Proper noun

桂林

1. chữ Hán form of Quế Lâm (“Guilin”).