# 吉隆坡
## Chinese

* 吉隆坡

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Jílóngpō
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄛ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gat$^1$ lung$^4$ bo$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): git$^2$ luung$^3$ bo$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kit-lùng-phô
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kiat-liông-pho / Kit-liông-pho / Kiat-lâng-pho / Kat-lâng-pho
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$ciq-lon-phu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Jílóngpō
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jílóngpo
*** Wade–Giles: Chi$^2$-lung$^2$-pʻo$^1$
*** Yale: Jí-lúng-pwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyilongpo
*** Palladius: Цзилунпо (Czilunpo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gat$^1$ lung$^4$ bo$^1$
*** Yale: gāt lùhng bō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gat$^7$ lung$^4$ bo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ged$^1$ lung$^4$ bo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐt̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹ pɔː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: git$^2$ luung$^3$ bo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kit̚⁵⁵ lɵŋ²² pᵘɔ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kit-lùng-phô
*** Hakka Romanization System: gid$^ˋ$ lung$^ˇ$ po$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gid$^5$ lung$^2$ po$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kit̚² luŋ¹¹ pʰo²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiat-liông-pho
*** Tâi-lô: Kiat-liông-pho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiatliongphoy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰo³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²³⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰo⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kit-liông-pho
*** Tâi-lô: Kit-liông-pho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kitliongphoy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kit̚³²⁻⁵ liɔŋ¹³⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiat-lâng-pho
*** Tâi-lô: Kiat-lâng-pho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiatlangphoy
*** IPA (Penang): /kiɛt̚³⁻⁴ laŋ²³⁻²¹ pʰo³³/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kat-lâng-pho
*** Tâi-lô: Kat-lâng-pho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: katlangphoy
*** IPA (Penang): /kat̚³⁻⁴ laŋ²³⁻²¹ pʰo³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$ciq-lon-phu
*** MiniDict: cih$^入$ lon phu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$jiq-lon-phu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ loŋ⁵⁵ pʰu²¹/

### Proper noun

吉隆坡
* (～聯邦直轄區, ～市) Kuala Lumpur (the capital city and largest city in Malaysia)
** 1894, G. T. Hare, editor, A Text Book of Documentary Chinese: Selected and Designed for the Special Use of Members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements, volume I, Singapore, page 111:
       Rú yǒu xīnkè lǎo kè dào Jílóngpō bù rù gōngsuǒ bàomíng zhùcè lǐngqǔ zhízhào zhě, yījīng cháchū, jíxíng zhuōná jiūzhì. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吉隆坡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吉隆坡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吉隆坡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 吉隆坡 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | KL |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 吉隆坡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吉隆坡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 吉隆坡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 吉隆坡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 吉隆坡 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | KL |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吉隆坡 |