基隆

Chinese

		base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; (chemistry) radical	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
simp. and trad. (基隆)		基	隆

Etymology

Homophonous replacement for 雞籠／鸡笼 (Ke-lâng, Koe-lâng) from 1875; intended to convey the meaning 基地昌隆 ('prosperous place').

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ lung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kî-lùng
Eastern Min (BUC): Giĕ-lè̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ke-lâng / Koe-lâng / Ki-liông
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci-lon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jilóng
  - Wade–Giles: Chi¹-lung²
  - Yale: Jī-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jilong
  - Palladius: Цзилун (Czilun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: gēi lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kî-lùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ lung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ lung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴ luŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Giĕ-lè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵ l̃øyŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ke-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Ke-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kelaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Kue-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koelaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki-liông
  - Tâi-lô: Ki-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kilioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci-lon
  - MiniDict: ci^平 lon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-lon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

Proper noun

基隆

(～市) Keelung (a city in Taiwan)

Synonyms

(Min Nan, dated) 雞籠／鸡笼 (Ke-lâng, Koe-lâng)

Derived terms

基隆嶼 / 基隆屿 (Jīlóngyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (基隆):

→ Vietnamese: Cơ Long (基隆)

other

→ English: Keelung, Jilong
→ Japanese: 基隆 (キールン, Kīrun)
→ Korean: 지룽(基隆) (jirung)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
基	隆
き(ー) Grade: 5	るん Grade: S
on'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Keelung.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲiːɾɯ̟̃ɴ]

Proper noun

基隆(キールン) • (Kīrun)

Keelung (a city in Taiwan)