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
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngiu̍k-lìm
Eastern Min (BUC): Ngṳ̆k-lìng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeh⁷ ling² / gyoeh⁷ ling²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Gio̍k-lîm

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghêg⁸ lim⁵

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:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    玉林
    鬱林 / 郁林
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngiu̍k-lìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiug lim^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug⁶ lim²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯uk̚⁵ lim¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngṳ̆k-lìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyʔ⁵⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: goeh⁷ ling² [Phonetic: goeh⁶ ling²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ge̤̍h-líng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœʔ⁴⁻²¹ liŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeh⁷ ling² [Phonetic: gyoeh⁶ ling²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøʔ⁴⁻² liŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gio̍k-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Gio̍k-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lim²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghêg⁸ lim⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ge̍k lîm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡek̚⁴⁻² lim⁵⁵/

Proper noun

玉林

(～市) Yulin (a city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China)

Usage notes

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