宜蘭

See also: 宜兰

Chinese

		proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate	orchid
trad. (宜蘭)		宜	蘭
simp. (宜兰)		宜	兰

Etymology

With 1875 renaming from Komalan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳), from Hokkien 噶瑪蘭 (Kat-má-lán), 蛤仔蘭 (Kap-á-lân) or 蛤仔難 (Kap-á-lān), names given to sites of the Kavalan tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yílán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ laan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngì-làn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ngiè-làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gî-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yílán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yílán
    • Wade–Giles: I²-lan²
    • Yale: Yí-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yilan
    • Palladius: Илань (Ilanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ laan⁴
    • Yale: yìh làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ laːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngì-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ lanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ lan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngiè-làng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋie⁵³⁻³³ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gî-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Gî-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gilaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² lan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ lan²³/

Proper noun

宜蘭

1. (～縣) Yilan (a county of Taiwan)
2. (～市) Yilan (a city in Yilan County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (dated) 噶瑪蘭／噶玛兰 (Gámǎlán)

Descendants

• → English: Yilan, Ilan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宜	蘭
ぎ Grade: S	らん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

宜(ぎ)蘭(らん) • (Giran) 

1. Yilan (a city in Taiwan)