鬱林

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	woods; forest
trad. (鬱林)		鬱	林
simp. (郁林)		郁	林
alternative forms		鬰林

Etymology

Officially, with the establishment of 鬱林郡 (“Yulin commandery”) in 111 BCE.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yùlín

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ lam⁴

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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    玉林
    鬱林 / 郁林
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: wāt làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ lɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jut lim

Rime
Character	鬱	林
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	紆物切	力尋切
Baxter	'jut	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/	/lim/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat¹	lam⁴

Proper noun

鬱林

(historical, now dated) (～縣) Yulin (a city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(historical) (～郡) Yulin (an ancient commandery of China)

Synonyms

(modern name of the county) 玉林 (Yùlín)