玉林

Chinese

		jade	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (玉林)		玉	林

Etymology

From its original name 鬱林, which is homophonous with 玉林 in Mandarin but not in the local Yue dialect.

In numerous texts from the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China era, 鬱林 was written as 玉林, presumably because the character 鬱 is relatively more complex. The official name change from 鬱林 to 玉林 took place in April 1956.

Note a similar name change did not take place for Yunan (鬱南) county in Guangdong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ghêg⁸ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùlín
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-lin²
    • Yale: Yù-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhlin
    • Palladius: Юйлинь (Jujlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ lin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ lam⁴
    • Yale: yuhk làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghêg⁸ lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ge̍k lîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡek̚⁴⁻² lim⁵⁵/

Proper noun

玉林

1. (～市) Yulin (a city in Guangxi, China)

Usage notes

• 鬱林／郁林 (Yùlín) is officially deprecated but remains in use among the (Cantonese-speaking) older generations.