淇淋

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (淇淋)		淇	淋

Etymology

Borrowed from English cream, via a southern Chinese language.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qílín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lam⁴ / kei⁴ lam^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lin²
    • Yale: chí-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyilin
    • Palladius: цилинь (cilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 淇淋 麒麐／麒麟 麒麟

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ lam⁴ / kei⁴ lam^4-2
    • Yale: kèih làhm / kèih lám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lam⁴ / kei⁴ lam^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lem⁴ / kéi⁴ lem^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ lɐm²¹/, /kʰei̯²¹ lɐm²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji-lin
    • MiniDict: ji^去 lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² lin⁴⁴/

Noun

淇淋

1. cream

Synonyms

• 鮮奶油／鲜奶油 (xiānnǎiyóu)
• 激凌
• 克林姆
• 奶油 (nǎiyóu)
• 乳脂 (rǔzhī)
• (Cantonese) 忌廉

Derived terms

• 冰淇淋 (bīngqílín)
• 霜淇淋 (shuāngqílín)
• 麥淇淋／麦淇淋 (màiqílín)