"麒麟" meaning in All languages combined

See 麒麟 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan], /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/, /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/, /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/, /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/, /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/, /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/, /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/, /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/, /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/, /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/, /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: qílín [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kei⁴ leon⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kei⁴ leon⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khî-lîn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], kî-lîn, khî-lîn, ⁶ji-lin, qílín [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cílín [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻi²-lin² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chí-lín [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chyilin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цилинь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cilinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], kèih lèuhn [Cantonese, Yale], kèih léun [Cantonese, Yale], kei⁴ loen⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kei⁴ loen⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéi⁴ lên⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khî-lîn [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ki^ˊ lin^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], ki¹ lin¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], kiliin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], qiliin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶ji-lin [Northern, Wu], ji^去 lin [Northern, Wu], ³jji-lin [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], gi lin [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡɯ rin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: *騏驎, 麒麐
Etymology: Old Chinese pronunciation for this word was *g(ɯ)-rin (Zhengzhang), and in pre-Qin times the beast was also referred to as * 麟 (OC *rin), * 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins), * 𪊓, or * 蔽 (OC *peds), the last two having been attested in the oracle bone script already. There is much debate as to what animal the qilin beast was; some maintain that the qilin was a beast only found in mythology, even though it may have been based on some animal in pre-historic times, and some argue that the qilin was in reality the river deer, the ox or cow, or the Indian rhinoceros (Wang, 2009). Janhunen (2011) tentatively compares 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin) to a Northeast Asian etymon *kalimV, which denotes either "whale" or "mammoth"; however, he cautiously remarks that "[t]he formal and semantic similarity between *kilin < *gilin ~ *gïlin 'unicorn' and *kalimV 'whale' (but also Samoyedic *kalay- 'mammoth') is sufficient to support, though perhaps not confirm, the hypothesis of an etymological connection". He also notes a possible connection between Old Chinese and Mongolian (*)kers ~ (*)keris ~ (*)kiris "rhinoceros" (> Khalkha Mongolian хирс (xirs)). Etymology templates: {{och-l|麟}} 麟 (OC *rin), {{och-l|麐}} 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins), {{och-l|𪊓}} 𪊓, {{och-l|蔽}} 蔽 (OC *peds), {{zh-ref|Wang, 2009}} Wang, 2009, {{zh-ref|Janhunen (2011)}} Janhunen (2011), {{och-l|麒麟}} 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin), {{cog|mn|хирс}} Mongolian хирс (xirs) Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 麒麟
  1. (~區) Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)
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  2. (~鎮) Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China) Categories (place): Places in Anhui, China, Places in China, Towns in Anhui, China, Towns in China
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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan], /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/, /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/, /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/, /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/, /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/, /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/, /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/, /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/, /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/, /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/, /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: qílín [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kei⁴ leon⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kei⁴ leon⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khî-lîn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], kî-lîn, khî-lîn, ⁶ji-lin, qílín [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cílín [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻi²-lin² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chí-lín [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chyilin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цилинь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cilinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], kèih lèuhn [Cantonese, Yale], kèih léun [Cantonese, Yale], kei⁴ loen⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kei⁴ loen⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], kéi⁴ lên⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khî-lîn [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ki^ˊ lin^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], ki¹ lin¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], kiliin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], qiliin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶ji-lin [Northern, Wu], ji^去 lin [Northern, Wu], ³jji-lin [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], gi lin [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡɯ rin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: *騏驎, 麒麐
Etymology: Old Chinese pronunciation for this word was *g(ɯ)-rin (Zhengzhang), and in pre-Qin times the beast was also referred to as * 麟 (OC *rin), * 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins), * 𪊓, or * 蔽 (OC *peds), the last two having been attested in the oracle bone script already. There is much debate as to what animal the qilin beast was; some maintain that the qilin was a beast only found in mythology, even though it may have been based on some animal in pre-historic times, and some argue that the qilin was in reality the river deer, the ox or cow, or the Indian rhinoceros (Wang, 2009). Janhunen (2011) tentatively compares 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin) to a Northeast Asian etymon *kalimV, which denotes either "whale" or "mammoth"; however, he cautiously remarks that "[t]he formal and semantic similarity between *kilin < *gilin ~ *gïlin 'unicorn' and *kalimV 'whale' (but also Samoyedic *kalay- 'mammoth') is sufficient to support, though perhaps not confirm, the hypothesis of an etymological connection". He also notes a possible connection between Old Chinese and Mongolian (*)kers ~ (*)keris ~ (*)kiris "rhinoceros" (> Khalkha Mongolian хирс (xirs)). Etymology templates: {{och-l|麟}} 麟 (OC *rin), {{och-l|麐}} 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins), {{och-l|𪊓}} 𪊓, {{och-l|蔽}} 蔽 (OC *peds), {{zh-ref|Wang, 2009}} Wang, 2009, {{zh-ref|Janhunen (2011)}} Janhunen (2011), {{och-l|麒麟}} 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin), {{cog|mn|хирс}} Mongolian хирс (xirs) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 麒麟
  1. (Chinese mythology) qilin (propitious mythological beast) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn) Tags: Chinese
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  2. (figurative, literary) outstanding person; man of ability Tags: figuratively, literary
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  3. (literary or Taiwanese Hokkien) giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn) Tags: Taiwanese-Hokkien, literary
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 大器 (dàqì) [figuratively], 大材 (dàcái) [literary], 絕才 (juécái) [literary], 绝才 (juécái) [literary], 茂士 (màoshì) [literary], 英才 (yīngcái), 豪傑 (háojié) [literary], 豪杰 (háojié) [literary], 賢材 (xiáncái) [literary], 贤材 (xiáncái) [literary], 高能 (gāonéng) [literary], 鸞鳳 (luánfèng) [archaic], 鸾凤 (luánfèng) [archaic], 龍虎 (lónghǔ) [figuratively], 龙虎 (lónghǔ) [figuratively] Derived forms: 天上麒麟, 拋麒麟, 抛麒麟, 瞪著麒麟說是馬, 瞪着麒麟说是马, 麒麟兒 (qílín'ér), 麒麟儿 (qílín'ér), 麒麟尾, 麒麟文化, 麒麟果 (qílínguǒ), 麒麟楦 (qílínxuàn), 麒麟殿, 麒麟童, 麒麟送子, 麒麟閣, 麒麟阁, 麒麟陣, 麒麟阵, 麒麟鞭, 麒麟鹿

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲiɾʲĩɴ] Forms: 麒麟 [canonical] (ruby: (), (りん)), 麒麟 [canonical] (ruby: 麒麟(キリン)), kirin [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 麒麟 (MC gi lin). First cited in Japanese to the Nihon Shoki of 720. The giraffe sense was probably based on a superficial resemblance between certain depictions of the mythical beast and the patterning and body shape of the real animal: a tailed, hoofed, and horned quadruped with a vaguely leopard-like spot pattern. First cited in Japanese to a text from 1798. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=きりん}} Old Japanese, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きりん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|麒麟}} 麒麟 (MC gi lin) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きりん|キリン}} 麒(き)麟(りん) or 麒麟(キリン) • (kirin)
  1. 麒麟, 騏驎: (mythology, Chinese mythology) a qilin
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  2. 麒麟, 騏驎: (shogi) the kirin, a piece in chūshōgi and larger shogi variants
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  3. 麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal) Synonyms: ジラフ
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 麒麟角 (kirinkaku) (ruby: (), (りん), (かく)), 麒麟閣 (KirinKaku) (ruby: (), (りん), (かく)), 麒麟菊 (kiringiku) (ruby: (), (りん), (ぎく)), 麒麟竭 (kirinketsu) (ruby: (), (りん), (けつ)), 麒麟座 (Kirin-za) (ruby: (), (りん), ()) (english: Camelopardalis), 麒麟菜 (kirinsai) (ruby: (), (りん), (さい)), 麒麟児 (kirinji) (ruby: (), (りん), ()) (english: rising star), 麒麟草 (kirinsō) (ruby: (), (りん), (そう)), 麒麟欄 (kirinran) (ruby: (), (りん), (らん)), 麒麟羚羊 (kirin reiyō) (ruby: (), (りん), (れい), (よう)) (english: gerenuk)

Noun [Korean]

Forms: girin [romanization], kirin [McCune-Reischauer, romanization], kilin [Yale, romanization], 기린 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=기린|mr=kirin|y=kilin}} 麒麟 • (girin or McCune-Reischauer: kirin or Yale: kilin) (hangeul 기린)
  1. hanja form of 기린 (“giraffe; qilin”) Tags: form-of, hanja Form of: 기린 (extra: giraffe; qilin)

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 麒麟, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 麒麟
  1. chữ Hán form of kì lân (“qilin”).

Alternative forms

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          "text": "豈惟民哉?麒麟之於走獸,鳳凰之於飛鳥,太山之於丘垤,河海之於行潦,類也。",
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          "text": "岂惟民哉?麒麟之于走兽,凤凰之于飞鸟,太山之于丘垤,河海之于行潦,类也。",
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        {
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        {
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          "ref": " 1451, Ma Huan, Enjoying the Views of the Sea Cliffs (瀛涯勝覽)",
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          "text": "麒麟前二足高九尺餘,後兩足約高六尺,頭抬頸長一丈六尺。首昂後低,人莫能騎。",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
          "alt": "Wanhua",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
          "alt": "Tamsui",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "word": "長頷頸"
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
          "alt": "Siaogang",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
          "alt": "Luodong",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
          "alt": "Wuqi",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "word": "Tainan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 96",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi²-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyilin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цилинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cilinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih lèuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih léun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki^ˊ lin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gi lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàqì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "大器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàcái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "大材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "juécái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "絕才"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "juécái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "绝才"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "màoshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "茂士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīngcái",
      "word": "英才"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "háojié",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "豪傑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "háojié",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "豪杰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiáncái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "賢材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiáncái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "贤材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāonéng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "高能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "luánfèng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "鸞鳳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "luánfèng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "鸾凤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lónghǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "龍虎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lónghǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "龙虎"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ming Dynasty",
    "Phono-semantic matching",
    "Song Dynasty",
    "Zheng He"
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麟 (OC *rin)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麐"
      },
      "expansion": "麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𪊓"
      },
      "expansion": "𪊓",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "蔽"
      },
      "expansion": "蔽 (OC *peds)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Wang, 2009"
      },
      "expansion": "Wang, 2009",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Janhunen (2011)"
      },
      "expansion": "Janhunen (2011)",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "хирс"
      },
      "expansion": "Mongolian хирс (xirs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Chinese pronunciation for this word was *g(ɯ)-rin (Zhengzhang), and in pre-Qin times the beast was also referred to as\n* 麟 (OC *rin),\n* 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins),\n* 𪊓, or\n* 蔽 (OC *peds),\nthe last two having been attested in the oracle bone script already.\nThere is much debate as to what animal the qilin beast was; some maintain that the qilin was a beast only found in mythology, even though it may have been based on some animal in pre-historic times, and some argue that the qilin was in reality the river deer, the ox or cow, or the Indian rhinoceros (Wang, 2009).\nJanhunen (2011) tentatively compares 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin) to a Northeast Asian etymon *kalimV, which denotes either \"whale\" or \"mammoth\"; however, he cautiously remarks that \"[t]he formal and semantic similarity between *kilin < *gilin ~ *gïlin 'unicorn' and *kalimV 'whale' (but also Samoyedic *kalay- 'mammoth') is sufficient to support, though perhaps not confirm, the hypothesis of an etymological connection\". He also notes a possible connection between Old Chinese and Mongolian (*)kers ~ (*)keris ~ (*)kiris \"rhinoceros\" (> Khalkha Mongolian хирс (xirs)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*騏驎",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "麒麐",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 21 22 6 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 20 12 7 22 6 9 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 22 13 4 23 7 10 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 34 28 2 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "zh:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-name-LdzDIHgi",
      "links": [
        [
          "區",
          "區#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Qujing",
          "Qujing#English"
        ],
        [
          "Yunnan",
          "Yunnan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~區) Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in Anhui, China",
          "orig": "zh:Places in Anhui, China",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in China",
          "orig": "zh:Places in China",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Towns in Anhui, China",
          "orig": "zh:Towns in Anhui, China",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Towns in China",
          "orig": "zh:Towns in China",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 21 22 6 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 20 12 7 22 6 9 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 22 13 4 23 7 10 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 34 28 2 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "zh:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-name-IqzfDila",
      "links": [
        [
          "鎮",
          "鎮#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Qilin",
          "Qilin#English"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "Zongyang",
          "Zongyang#English"
        ],
        [
          "Tongling",
          "Tongling#English"
        ],
        [
          "Anhui",
          "Anhui#English"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~鎮) Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi²-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyilin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цилинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cilinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih lèuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih léun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki^ˊ lin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
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        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
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        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/",
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        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gi lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
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      "other": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
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              "獣",
              "じゅう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それは動物のキリン!問題の麒麟は…全身が黄色い鱗で覆われていて、姿は鹿、牛の尾と馬の蹄を持ち、龍に似た頭から1本角が生えてる…中国の伝説上の神獣だよ!",
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        }
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          "qilin",
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      "word": "抛麒麟"
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      "word": "瞪著麒麟說是馬"
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      "word": "瞪着麒麟说是马"
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      "roman": "qílín'ér",
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      "word": "麒麟尾"
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      "word": "麒麟文化"
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      "roman": "qílínguǒ",
      "word": "麒麟果"
    },
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      "roman": "qílínxuàn",
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      "word": "麒麟殿"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟童"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟送子"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟閣"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟阁"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟陣"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟阵"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟鞭"
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    {
      "word": "麒麟鹿"
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          "text": "岂惟民哉?麒麟之于走兽,凤凰之于飞鸟,太山之于丘垤,河海之于行潦,类也。",
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          ],
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          "ref": " 1451, Ma Huan, Enjoying the Views of the Sea Cliffs (瀛涯勝覽)",
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          "text": "麒麟前二足高九尺餘,後兩足約高六尺,頭抬頸長一丈六尺。首昂後低,人莫能騎。",
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          "text": "麒麟前二足高九尺余,后两足约高六尺,头抬颈长一丈六尺。首昂后低,人莫能骑。",
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          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or Taiwanese Hokkien) giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi²-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyilin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цилинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cilinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih lèuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih léun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki^ˊ lin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gi lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dàqì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "大器"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàcái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "大材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juécái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "絕才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juécái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "绝才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "màoshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "茂士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngcái",
      "word": "英才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háojié",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "豪傑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "háojié",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "豪杰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiáncái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "賢材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiáncái",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "贤材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāonéng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "高能"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luánfèng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "鸞鳳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luánfèng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "鸾凤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lónghǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "龍虎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lónghǔ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "龙虎"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長頸鹿"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Beijing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長脖兒鹿"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Ürümqi"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Liuzhou"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Huicheng; Bendihua",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Huizhou"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長頸鹿仔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Meinong; S. Sixian",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Shanlin; S. Sixian",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長頷鹿"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Zhao'an"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wanhua",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Taipei"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長頭鹿"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Tamsui",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "New Taipei"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "麒麟仔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Cijin",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長頷頸"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Siaogang",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Dalinpu"
      ],
      "word": "Kaohsiung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長鹿仔"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Yilan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Luodong",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Yilan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "躼跤鹿仔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Toucheng",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Yilan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Lukang"
      ],
      "word": "Changhua"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "麒麟鹿"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wuqi",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Tainan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Taitung"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Hsinchu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Magong",
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "Penghu"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Penang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "word": "長跤鹿"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giraffe",
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ming Dynasty",
    "Phono-semantic matching",
    "Song Dynasty",
    "Zheng He"
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

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    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Middle Chinese proper nouns",
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    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese proper nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "args": {
        "1": "麟"
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      "args": {
        "1": "麐"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "𪊓"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "蔽"
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      "name": "och-l"
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      "args": {
        "1": "Wang, 2009"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "麒麟"
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      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
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  "etymology_text": "Old Chinese pronunciation for this word was *g(ɯ)-rin (Zhengzhang), and in pre-Qin times the beast was also referred to as\n* 麟 (OC *rin),\n* 麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins),\n* 𪊓, or\n* 蔽 (OC *peds),\nthe last two having been attested in the oracle bone script already.\nThere is much debate as to what animal the qilin beast was; some maintain that the qilin was a beast only found in mythology, even though it may have been based on some animal in pre-historic times, and some argue that the qilin was in reality the river deer, the ox or cow, or the Indian rhinoceros (Wang, 2009).\nJanhunen (2011) tentatively compares 麒麟 (OC *ɡɯ rin) to a Northeast Asian etymon *kalimV, which denotes either \"whale\" or \"mammoth\"; however, he cautiously remarks that \"[t]he formal and semantic similarity between *kilin < *gilin ~ *gïlin 'unicorn' and *kalimV 'whale' (but also Samoyedic *kalay- 'mammoth') is sufficient to support, though perhaps not confirm, the hypothesis of an etymological connection\". He also notes a possible connection between Old Chinese and Mongolian (*)kers ~ (*)keris ~ (*)kiris \"rhinoceros\" (> Khalkha Mongolian хирс (xirs)).",
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    {
      "form": "*騏驎",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete"
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      "form": "麒麐",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "glosses": [
        "Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "區",
          "區#Chinese"
        ],
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          "Qujing",
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        ],
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          "Yunnan",
          "Yunnan#English"
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        "(~區) Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
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        "Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)"
      ],
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          "鎮",
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          "Qilin",
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          "China#English"
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        "(~鎮) Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ leon⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cílín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi²-lin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí-lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyilin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цилинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cilinʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih lèuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kèih léun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kei⁴ loen⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéi⁴ lên⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki^ˊ lin^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gi lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡɯ rin/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Even-toed ungulates"
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          "麟",
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          "閣",
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    {
      "roman": "kiringiku",
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          "麟",
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          "菊",
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        ]
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      "word": "麒麟菊"
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    {
      "roman": "kirinketsu",
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          "麟",
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          "竭",
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        ]
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    {
      "english": "Camelopardalis",
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          "麒",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "麟",
          "りん"
        ],
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          "座",
          "ざ"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kirinsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
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          "き"
        ],
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          "麟",
          "りん"
        ],
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          "菜",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "麒麟菜"
    },
    {
      "english": "rising star",
      "roman": "kirinji",
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        [
          "麒",
          "き"
        ],
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          "麟",
          "りん"
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    {
      "roman": "kirinsō",
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    {
      "roman": "kirinran",
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          "麟",
          "りん"
        ],
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          "欄",
          "らん"
        ]
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    {
      "english": "gerenuk",
      "roman": "kirin reiyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "麒",
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          "麟",
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    {
      "form": "麒麟",
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          "麒",
          "き"
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          "りん"
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "ja:Chinese mythology",
        "ja:Mythological creatures"
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              38,
              43
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              19,
              24
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              36,
              41
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              13,
              15
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          "ref": "2010 May 23, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).5(ご) [青](せい)[龍](りゅう) [FILE 5: Azure Dragon]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 68 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Sore wa dōbutsu no kirin! Mondai no kirin wa… Zenshin ga kiiroi uroko de ōwarete ite, sugata wa shika, ushi no o to uma no hizume o mochi, ryū ni nita atama kara ippon tsuno ga haete ru… Chūgoku no densetsu jō no shinjū da yo!",
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              "動",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "ぶつ"
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              "問",
              "もん"
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              "だい"
            ],
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              "麒",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麟",
              "りん"
            ],
            [
              "全",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "身",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "黄",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "いろ"
            ],
            [
              "鱗",
              "うろこ"
            ],
            [
              "覆",
              "おお"
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            [
              "姿",
              "すがた"
            ],
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              "鹿",
              "しか"
            ],
            [
              "牛",
              "うし"
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            [
              "尾",
              "お"
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              "馬",
              "うま"
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              "蹄",
              "ひづめ"
            ],
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              "持",
              "も"
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              "龍",
              "りゅう"
            ],
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              "似",
              "に"
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              "頭",
              "あたま"
            ],
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              "1",
              "いっ"
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              "本",
              "ぽん"
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              "つの"
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              "生",
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              "ちゅう"
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              "伝",
              "でん"
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              "説",
              "せつ"
            ],
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              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
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              "獣",
              "じゅう"
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          "text": "それは動物のキリン!問題の麒麟は…全身が黄色い鱗で覆われていて、姿は鹿、牛の尾と馬の蹄を持ち、龍に似た頭から1本角が生えてる…中国の伝説上の神獣だよ!",
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              7,
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              19,
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              41
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              6,
              9
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          "ref": "2010 May 23, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).5(ご) [青](せい)[龍](りゅう) [FILE 5: Azure Dragon]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 68 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Sore wa dōbutsu no kirin! Mondai no kirin wa… Zenshin ga kiiroi uroko de ōwarete ite, sugata wa shika, ushi no o to uma no hizume o mochi, ryū ni nita atama kara ippon tsuno ga haete ru… Chūgoku no densetsu jō no shinjū da yo!",
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              "覆",
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              "中",
              "ちゅう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "伝",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "説",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "獣",
              "じゅう"
            ]
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "麒麟",
          "麒麟#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "騏驎",
          "騏驎#Japanese"
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        [
          "キリン",
          "キリン#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "giraffe",
          "giraffe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ジラフ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きりん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiɾʲĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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        "McCune-Reischauer",
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kilin",
      "tags": [
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "기린",
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        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean nouns in Han script",
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        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
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          "qilin"
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        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "麒麟",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese nouns",
        "Vietnamese nouns in Han script"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chữ Hán form of kì lân (“qilin”)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "chữ Hán#Vietnamese"
        ],
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          "kì lân#Vietnamese:_麒麟"
        ],
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          "qilin",
          "qilin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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