chi-lin
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jilin.
Example Sentences
- "Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur."
- "Conflicts among the cadres themselves were numerous, suggesting contentions among different units of between higher and lower units. For instance, a letter from three cadres of a Chi-lin machine factory said that they had to receive and entertain all kinds of inspection groups during the years, leaving them little time to perform routine duties."
- "The capital of Parhae, called Sanggyŏng or "High Capital" was located at modern Tung-ching-ch'eng in Hei-lung-chiang province, Manchuria, and there were four secondary capitals- the "Central Capital" at modern Tun-hua in Chi-lin province, Manchuria, "Eastern Capital" at Hun-ch'un in Chi-lin, "Southern Capital" at Hamhŭng in South Hamgyŏng province, Korea, and "Western Capital" at Lin-chiang in Chi-lin [see map p. 70]."
- "To make up for the absence of a natural barrier the Ming had built a defence line which ran from west of the mouth of the Yalu at K'ai-p'ing, 300 kilometres north of Peking, and another from Shan-hai-kuan to Chi-lin (Kirin)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 吉林, -