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): ㄐㄧ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • 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

1. (～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
基隆 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Keelung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲiːɾɯ̟̃ɴ]

Proper noun

基隆(キールン) • (Kīrun) 

1. Keelung (a city in Taiwan)