What does "jilin" mean?

A province of China. Capital: Changchun.

What is a synonym for "jilin"?

Common synonyms include: jilin city, kirin.

//d͡ʒiːˈlɪn// name

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Proper Noun

1
A province of China. Capital: Changchun.
"His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai."
2
A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.
"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."

"His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai."

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín), from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ (girin).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.