Chinese

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

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (40) (139)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4579 8165
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeːs/ /*ɡ·rɯm/

Proper noun

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桂林

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (桂林):

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けい
Jinmeiyō
りん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
 
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(けい)(りん) (Keirin

  1. Guilin (a city in Guangxi, China)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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桂林 (Gyerim) (hangeul 계림)

  1. hanja form? of 계림 (Guilin)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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桂林

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