jilin
/d͡ʒiːˈlɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.
Example Sentences
- "His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai."
- "The National Health Commission reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 895 in the industrial province of Jilin. A government notice said that police permission would be required for people to leave the area or travel from one city to another.[…] Officials on Sunday locked down the southern city of Shenzhen, which has 17.5 million people and is a major tech and finance hub that borders Hong Kong. That followed the lockdown of Changchun, home to 9 million people in Jilin province, starting last Friday."
- "The northeast Chinese city of Jilin is imposing fresh restrictions on travel in order to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, with six new cases reported on Tuesday.[…] Jilin is the second largest city of Jilin province, which borders North Korea and Russia. It will now temporarily suspend departing or transiting train services for passengers."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 吉林, ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ