延吉

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)
trad. (延吉)		延	吉
simp. #(延吉)		延	吉

Etymology

From earlier 煙集崗／烟集岗 (Yānjígǎng), further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yánjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yánjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yánjí
    • Wade–Giles: Yen²-chi²
    • Yale: Yán-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanjyi
    • Palladius: Яньцзи (Janʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ gat¹
    • Yale: yìhn gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kɐt̚⁵/

Proper noun

延吉

1. (～市) Yanji (a county-level city in Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (延吉):

• → Korean: 연길(延吉) (Yeon'gil)

→ Korean: 옌지 (Yenji)

Korean

Hanja in this term
延	吉

Proper noun

延吉 • (Yeon'gil) (hangeul 연길)

1. Hanja form^? of 연길 (“Yanji (a county-level city in Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China)”).