梅林

Chinese

Etymology 1

		plum flower	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (梅林)		梅	林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méilín

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méilín
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méilín
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-lin²
  - Yale: méi-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meilin
  - Palladius: мэйлинь (mɛjlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ lam⁴
  - Yale: mùih làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ lɐm²¹/

Noun

梅林

plum-tree grove or forest

Proper noun

梅林

(～街道) Meilin (a subdistrict of Futian district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
(～街道) Meilin (a subdistrict of Ninghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Ningguo, Xuancheng, Anhui, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Nanjing, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Ganxian district, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Fengcheng, Yichun, Jiangxi, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Wuhua, Meizhou, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Meilin (a town in Mabian, Leshan, Sichuan, China)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (梅林)		梅	林

From English Merlin.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Méilín

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Méilín
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Méilín
  - Wade–Giles: Mei²-lin²
  - Yale: Méi-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meilin
  - Palladius: Мэйлинь (Mɛjlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴ lam⁴
  - Yale: mùih làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ lɐm²¹/

Proper noun

梅林

Merlin (wizard in the Arthurian legend)

Synonyms

密林 (Mìlín)
魔靈／魔灵 (Mólíng)
默林 (Mòlín)
墨林 (Mòlín)
穆林 (Mùlín)

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