桂林

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Chinese

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

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Pronunciation

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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kiweiH/ /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guì lín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwai3 lam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 林
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lín
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lim ›
Old
Chinese 		/*əm/
English forest

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂林):

Others:

Japanese

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

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”).
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