"麒麟" meaning in Chinese

See 麒麟 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/ [Hokkien], /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, 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, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ki´ lin´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ki¹ lin¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kî-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kiliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khî-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qiliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶ji-lin [Wu], ji^去 lin [Wu], ³jji-lin [Wu], /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ [Wu], gi lin [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡɯ rin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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). During the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare: : Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe). The “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn. 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|Zhang, 2007}} Zhang, 2007, {{zh-l|祖剌法|zǔlàfǎ}} 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ), {{cog|ar|زُرَافَة||giraffe}} Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”), {{lang|zh|麒麟}} 麒麟, {{zh-psm|nocap=1}} phono-semantic matching, {{zh-ref|Zhang, 2007}} Zhang, 2007, {{cog|so|geri||giraffe}} Somali geri (“giraffe”), {{cog|sg|kôlo}} Sango kôlo, {{cog|am|ቀጭኔ}} Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), {{cog|kk|керік}} Kazakh керік (kerık), {{cog|muz|kirin}} Mursi kirin, {{cog|ar|زَرَافَة}} Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), {{m|ar|زُرَافَة}} زُرَافَة (zurāfa), {{cog|en|giraffe}} English giraffe, {{lang|zh|麒麟}} 麒麟, {{ja-r|麒%麟|き%りん}} 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin), {{m|ko|기린|tr=-}} 기린, {{m|vi|kì lân}} kì lân, {{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)
    Sense id: en-麒麟-zh-name-LdzDIHgi Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese phono-semantic matchings Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 24 21 5 28 Disambiguation of Chinese phono-semantic matchings: 26 25 22 5 22
  2. (~鎮) Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China) Categories (place): Places in Anhui, Places in China, Towns in Anhui, Towns in China
    Sense id: en-麒麟-zh-name-IqzfDila Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese phono-semantic matchings Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 24 21 5 28 Disambiguation of Chinese phono-semantic matchings: 26 25 22 5 22

Noun

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/ [Hokkien], /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, 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, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ki´ lin´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ki¹ lin¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], gì-lìng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kî-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], kî-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kiliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khî-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], khî-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qiliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁶ji-lin [Wu], ji^去 lin [Wu], ³jji-lin [Wu], /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/ [Wu], gi lin [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡɯ rin/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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). During the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare: : Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe). The “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn. 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|Zhang, 2007}} Zhang, 2007, {{zh-l|祖剌法|zǔlàfǎ}} 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ), {{cog|ar|زُرَافَة||giraffe}} Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”), {{lang|zh|麒麟}} 麒麟, {{zh-psm|nocap=1}} phono-semantic matching, {{zh-ref|Zhang, 2007}} Zhang, 2007, {{cog|so|geri||giraffe}} Somali geri (“giraffe”), {{cog|sg|kôlo}} Sango kôlo, {{cog|am|ቀጭኔ}} Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), {{cog|kk|керік}} Kazakh керік (kerık), {{cog|muz|kirin}} Mursi kirin, {{cog|ar|زَرَافَة}} Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), {{m|ar|زُرَافَة}} زُرَافَة (zurāfa), {{cog|en|giraffe}} English giraffe, {{lang|zh|麒麟}} 麒麟, {{ja-r|麒%麟|き%りん}} 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin), {{m|ko|기린|tr=-}} 기린, {{m|vi|kì lân}} kì lân, {{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 Categories (topical): Chinese mythology, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-麒麟-zh-noun-EsC6xlBh Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 20 12 36 9 23 Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese phono-semantic matchings Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 24 21 5 28 Disambiguation of Chinese phono-semantic matchings: 26 25 22 5 22 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (figurative, literary) outstanding person; man of ability Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-麒麟-zh-noun-~0M447VR
  3. (literary or Taiwanese Hokkien) giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)
    Sense id: en-麒麟-zh-noun-fWZrmUop Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只, Taiwanese Hokkien, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese phono-semantic matchings Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 24 21 5 28 Disambiguation of Chinese phono-semantic matchings: 26 25 22 5 22
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

Alternative forms

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          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (麒麟):\n* → Japanese: 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)\n* → Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)\n* → Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (麒麟):\n* → Japanese: 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)\n* → Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)\n* → Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กิเลน",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กิเลน (gì-leen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กิเลน (gì-leen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "geizlaenz",
            "3": "gizlinz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: geizlaenz, gizlinz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: geizlaenz, gizlinz"
    }
  ],
  "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": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "祖剌法",
        "2": "zǔlàfǎ"
      },
      "expansion": "祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching",
      "name": "zh-psm"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "geri",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali geri (“giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sg",
        "2": "kôlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Sango kôlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ቀጭኔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kk",
        "2": "керік"
      },
      "expansion": "Kazakh керік (kerık)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muz",
        "2": "kirin"
      },
      "expansion": "Mursi kirin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زَرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "زُرَافَة (zurāfa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "English giraffe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒%麟",
        "2": "き%りん"
      },
      "expansion": "麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "기린",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "기린",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "kì lân"
      },
      "expansion": "kì lân",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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. 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).\nDuring the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare:\n: Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe).\nThe “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn.\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)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Chinese mythology",
          "orig": "zh:Chinese mythology",
          "parents": [
            "China",
            "Mythology",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 24 21 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 25 22 5 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese phono-semantic matchings",
          "parents": [
            "Phono-semantic matchings",
            "Borrowed terms",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 12 36 9 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "zh:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it only among men that it is so? There is the Qilin among quadrupeds, the Fenghuang (phoenix) among birds, the Tai mountain among mounds and ant-hills, and rivers and seas among rain-pools. Though different in degree, they are the same in kind.",
          "ref": "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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nQǐ wéi mín zāi? Qílín zhī yú zǒushòu, fènghuáng zhī yú fēiniǎo, Tàishān zhī yú qiūdié, hé hǎi zhī yú xíngliáo, lèi yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "qilin (propitious mythological beast) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn)"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-noun-EsC6xlBh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "qilin",
          "qilin"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese mythology) qilin (propitious mythological beast) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "outstanding person; man of ability"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-noun-~0M447VR",
      "links": [
        [
          "outstanding",
          "outstanding"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, literary) outstanding person; man of ability"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taiwanese Hokkien",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 24 21 5 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 25 22 5 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese phono-semantic matchings",
          "parents": [
            "Phono-semantic matchings",
            "Borrowed terms",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1451, Ma Huan, 瀛涯勝覽\nQílín qián èr zú gāo jiǔ chǐ yú, hòu liǎng zú yuē gāo liù chǐ, tóu tái jǐng cháng yī zhàng liù chǐ. Shǒu áng hòu dī, rén mò néng qí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-noun-fWZrmUop",
      "links": [
        [
          "giraffe",
          "giraffe"
        ],
        [
          "Giraffa",
          "Giraffa#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or Taiwanese Hokkien) giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki´ lin´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "麟"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "麐"
      },
      "expansion": "麐 (OC *m·rin, *m·rins)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "𪊓"
      },
      "expansion": "𪊓",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "蔽"
      },
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      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Wang, 2009"
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      "expansion": "Wang, 2009",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Zhang, 2007"
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      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "祖剌法",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "Zhang, 2007"
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    },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "am",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English giraffe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒%麟",
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      },
      "expansion": "麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "기린",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "기린",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
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      },
      "expansion": "kì lân",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Janhunen (2011)"
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      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒麟"
      },
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      "name": "och-l"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "хирс"
      },
      "expansion": "Mongolian хирс (xirs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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. 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).\nDuring the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare:\n: Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe).\nThe “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn.\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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  "lang": "Chinese",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-麒麟-zh-name-LdzDIHgi",
      "links": [
        [
          "區",
          "區#Chinese"
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          "Qujing",
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        ],
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          "Yunnan",
          "Yunnan#English"
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    {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "鎮",
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        [
          "Qilin",
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          "Zongyang",
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          "Tongling",
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  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki´ lin´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ming Dynasty",
    "Phono-semantic matching",
    "Song Dynasty",
    "Zheng He"
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese phono-semantic matchings",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "天上麒麟"
    },
    {
      "word": "拋麒麟"
    },
    {
      "word": "抛麒麟"
    },
    {
      "word": "瞪著麒麟說是馬"
    },
    {
      "word": "瞪着麒麟说是马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qílín'ér",
      "word": "麒麟兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qílín'ér",
      "word": "麒麟儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟文化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qílínguǒ",
      "word": "麒麟果"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qílínxuàn",
      "word": "麒麟楦"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "word": "麒麟鹿"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "麒麟"
          },
          "expansion": "麒麟",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "麒%麟",
            "2": "き%りん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "기린(麒麟)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "麒麟",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "麒麟",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "kì lân",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "麒麟"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "麒麟",
            "2": "き%りん",
            "3": "기린",
            "4": "kì lân",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "麒麟",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "麒麟",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "麒%麟",
            "v": "麒麟",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (麒麟):\n* → Japanese: 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)\n* → Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)\n* → Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "き%りん",
            "3": "기린",
            "4": "kì lân",
            "s": "麒%麟"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (麒麟):\n* → Japanese: 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)\n* → Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)\n* → Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (麒麟):\n* → Japanese: 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)\n* → Korean: 기린(麒麟) (girin)\n* → Vietnamese: kì lân (麒麟)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "กิเลน",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กิเลน (gì-leen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กิเลน (gì-leen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "geizlaenz",
            "3": "gizlinz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: geizlaenz, gizlinz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: geizlaenz, gizlinz"
    }
  ],
  "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": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "祖剌法",
        "2": "zǔlàfǎ"
      },
      "expansion": "祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching",
      "name": "zh-psm"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "geri",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali geri (“giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sg",
        "2": "kôlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Sango kôlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ቀጭኔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kk",
        "2": "керік"
      },
      "expansion": "Kazakh керік (kerık)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muz",
        "2": "kirin"
      },
      "expansion": "Mursi kirin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زَرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "زُرَافَة (zurāfa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "English giraffe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒%麟",
        "2": "き%りん"
      },
      "expansion": "麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "기린",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "기린",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "kì lân"
      },
      "expansion": "kì lân",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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. 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).\nDuring the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare:\n: Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe).\nThe “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn.\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)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "zh:Chinese mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it only among men that it is so? There is the Qilin among quadrupeds, the Fenghuang (phoenix) among birds, the Tai mountain among mounds and ant-hills, and rivers and seas among rain-pools. Though different in degree, they are the same in kind.",
          "ref": "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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nQǐ wéi mín zāi? Qílín zhī yú zǒushòu, fènghuáng zhī yú fēiniǎo, Tàishān zhī yú qiūdié, hé hǎi zhī yú xíngliáo, lèi yě. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "qilin (propitious mythological beast) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "qilin",
          "qilin"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese mythology) qilin (propitious mythological beast) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "outstanding person; man of ability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outstanding",
          "outstanding"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, literary) outstanding person; man of ability"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples",
        "Taiwanese Hokkien"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1451, Ma Huan, 瀛涯勝覽\nQílín qián èr zú gāo jiǔ chǐ yú, hòu liǎng zú yuē gāo liù chǐ, tóu tái jǐng cháng yī zhàng liù chǐ. Shǒu áng hòu dī, rén mò néng qí. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giraffe",
          "giraffe"
        ],
        [
          "Giraffa",
          "Giraffa#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "隻",
          "隻#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "只",
          "只#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or Taiwanese Hokkien) giraffe (ruminant of the genus Giraffa) (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki´ lin´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ming Dynasty",
    "Phono-semantic matching",
    "Song Dynasty",
    "Zheng He"
  ],
  "word": "麒麟"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese phono-semantic matchings",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "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": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "祖剌法",
        "2": "zǔlàfǎ"
      },
      "expansion": "祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching",
      "name": "zh-psm"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Zhang, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Zhang, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "geri",
        "3": "",
        "4": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali geri (“giraffe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sg",
        "2": "kôlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Sango kôlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ቀጭኔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kk",
        "2": "керік"
      },
      "expansion": "Kazakh керік (kerık)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "muz",
        "2": "kirin"
      },
      "expansion": "Mursi kirin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زَرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زُرَافَة"
      },
      "expansion": "زُرَافَة (zurāfa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "giraffe"
      },
      "expansion": "English giraffe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "麒麟"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "麒%麟",
        "2": "き%りん"
      },
      "expansion": "麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "기린",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "기린",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "kì lân"
      },
      "expansion": "kì lân",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "Qilin was a propitious beast in ancient Chinese mythology, with the shape of a deer, tail of an ox, a single horn and scales all over its body. 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. 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).\nDuring the Song–Ming Dynasties, the giraffe was introduced to China, either by envoys from other Asian or African countries, or through Zheng He who commanded multiple expeditionary voyages to Asia and Africa (Zhang, 2007). Besides using the transcription 祖剌法 (zǔlàfǎ) (from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa, “giraffe”)) to name the animal, the Chinese also referred to it as qilin, believing it was the prototype of the mythological beast qilin. Such association may be due to the phonological similarity of the words for “giraffe” in North African languages, to the pronunciation of 麒麟 at the time (i.e. a phono-semantic matching) (Zhang, 2007). Compare:\n: Somali geri (“giraffe”), Sango kôlo, Amharic ቀጭኔ (ḳäč̣ne), Kazakh керік (kerık), Mursi kirin and Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (whence English giraffe).\nThe “giraffe” sense of 麒麟 is obsolete in most varieties of modern Chinese, but is preserved in the Sinoxenic loanwords in Japanese (麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin)) and Korean (기린). In modern Vietnamese (kì lân), this word refers to the beast qilin, as well as the western mythological beast unicorn.\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)).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "麒麟",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "區",
          "區#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Qujing",
          "Qujing#English"
        ],
        [
          "Yunnan",
          "Yunnan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~區) Qilin District (district in Qujing, Yunnan province, China)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Places in Anhui",
        "zh:Places in China",
        "zh:Towns in Anhui",
        "zh:Towns in China"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qilin (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "鎮",
          "鎮#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Qilin",
          "Qilin#English"
        ],
        [
          "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"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki´ lin´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki¹ lin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gì-lìng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kî-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/",
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        "Taipei"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki¹³⁻²² lin¹³/",
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        "Zhangzhou"
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      "ipa": "/ki²³⁻³³ lin²³/",
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        "Kaohsiung"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "khî-lîn"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/",
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        "Hokkien"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
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      "zh-pron": "⁶ji-lin"
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      "zh-pron": "ji^去 lin"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
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      "zh-pron": "³jji-lin"
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      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/"
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      "zh-pron": "gi lin"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁵³⁻³³ l̃iŋ⁵³/"
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      "ipa": "/kʰi¹¹ lin¹¹/"
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    "Phono-semantic matching",
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