桂林

Chinese

		laurel(s) Chinese cinnamon	forest(s) woods
simp. and trad. (桂林)		桂	林

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guìlín

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai³ lam⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gei¹ lim³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gui⁴ lim²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Kùi-lîm

(Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ lim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guìlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guèilín
  - Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-lin²
  - Yale: Gwèi-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueylin
  - Palladius: Гуйлинь (Gujlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ lam⁴
  - Yale: gwai làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gei¹ lim³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³³ lim²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gui⁴ lim²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lim¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kùi-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Kuì-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuieliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gui³ lim⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi lîm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lim⁵⁵/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	林
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ lim ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]əm/
English	forest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

桂林

(～市) Guilin (a city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(historical) (～郡) Guilin (an ancient commandery in modern Guangxi autonomous region, China)

Sino-Xenic (桂林):

Others:

桂(けい)林(りん) • (Keirin)

Hanja in this term
桂	林

桂林 • (Gyerim) (hangeul 계림)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
桂	林

桂林