虎林
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Chinese
| tiger | woods; forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (虎林) | 虎 | 林 | |
| simp. #(虎林) | 虎 | 林 | |
Etymology
From the nearby river 七虎林河, from Manchu ᡴᡳᠯᠠᡥᡡᠨ (kilahūn, “Laridae”) (or its variant).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Hǔlín
- Wade–Giles: Hu3-lin2
- Yale: Hǔ-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huulin
- Palladius: Хулинь (Xulinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 lam4
- Yale: fú làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
虎林
- (～市) Hulin (a county-level city in Jixi, Heilongjiang, China)