甘霖

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	continued rain
trad. (甘霖)		甘	霖
simp. ^#(甘霖)		甘	霖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānlín

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kâm-lìm

(Hailu, HRS): gam^ˋ lim
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganlín
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-lin²
  - Yale: gān-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganlin
  - Palladius: ганьлинь (ganʹlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: gām làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lìm
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ lim^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lim²
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴ lim¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ lim
  - Sinological IPA: /kam⁵³ lim⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: kam-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kamliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²³/

Noun

甘霖

(literary) timely rainfall; good rain after a long drought

Synonyms

(literary) 甘雨 (gānyǔ)