# 桂林
## Chinese

* 桂林 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 桂林 (Cantonese)
* 桂林 (Classical)
* Kui-lìm-sṳ (Hakka)
* Gié-lìng (Eastern Min)
* Kùi-lîm-chhī (Southern Min)
* 桂林 (Wu)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Guìlín
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai$^3$ lam$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei$^1$ lim$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gui$^4$ lim$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Kùi-lîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^3$ lim$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Guìlín
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Guèilín
*** Wade–Giles: Kuei$^4$-lin$^2$
*** Yale: Gwèi-lín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueylin
*** Palladius: Гуйлинь (Gujlinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^3$ lam$^4$
*** Yale: gwai làhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^3$ lam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^3$ lem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³³ lɐm²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gei$^1$ lim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei³³ lim²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gui$^4$ lim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lim¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kùi-lîm
*** Tâi-lô: Kuì-lîm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuieliim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gui$^3$ lim$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi lîm
*** Sinological IPA : /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lim⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwejH lim
Rime :
| Character | 桂 | 林 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) | 侵 (139) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 古惠切 | 力尋切 |
| Baxter | kwejH | lim |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwei$^H$/ | /liɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷei$^H$/ | /lim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛi$^H$/ | /ljem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛj$^H$/ | /lim/ |
| Li Rong | /kuei$^H$/ | /liəm/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwei$^H$/ | /lĭĕm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwei$^H$/ | /li̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì | lín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^3$ | lam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːs ɡ·rɯm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 林 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lín |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lim › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]əm/ |
| English | forest |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 桂 | 林 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4579 | 8165 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 | 林 |
| Rime group | 支 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 桂 | 林 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeːs/ | /*ɡ·rɯm/ |

### Proper noun

桂林
* (～市) Guilin (a city in Guangxi, China)
* (historical) (～郡) Guilin (an ancient commandery in modern Guangxi, China)

#### Derived terms

* 桂林山水甲天下 (Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià)
* 桂林槭 (guìlínqì)
* 桂林樓梯草／桂林楼梯草 (Guìlín lóutīcǎo)
* 桂林西瓜霜 (Guìlín xīguāshuāng)
* 桂林話／桂林话 (Guìlínhuà)
* 桂林路 (Guìlínlù)
* 桂林鰍鮀／桂林鳅𬶍 (Guìlín qiūtuó)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 桂林(けいりん) (Keirin)
* → Korean: 계림(桂林) (Gyerim)
* → Vietnamese: Quế Lâm (桂林)
Others:
* → English: Guilin, Kuei-lin, Kweilin
* → Georgian: კუეილინი (ḳueilini)
* → Korean: 구이린 (Gu'irin)
* → Zhuang: Gveilinz

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 桂 | 林 |
| けい Jinmeiyō | りん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ke̞ːɾʲĩɴ]

### Proper noun

桂(けい)林(りん) • (Keirin)
* Guilin (a city in Guangxi, China)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 桂 | 林 |

### Proper noun

桂林 • (Gyerim) (hangeul 계림)
* hanja form of 계림 (“Guilin”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 桂 | 林 |

### Proper noun

桂林
* chữ Hán form of Quế Lâm (“Guilin”).