Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jilin.
To make up for the absence of a natural barrier the Ming had built a defence line which ran from west of the mouth of the Yalu at K'ai-p'ing, 300 kilometres north of Peking, and another from Shan-hai-kuan to Chi-lin (Kirin).
1996, Jacques Gernet, translated by J. R. Foster and Charles Hartman, A History of Chinese Civilization, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 4363 more examples
Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur.
1904, Charles Daniel Tenney, Geography of Asia, Macmillan and Co., page 23Conflicts among the cadres themselves were numerous, suggesting contentions among different units of between higher and lower units. For instance, a letter from three cadres of a Chi-lin machine factory said that they had to receive and entertain all kinds of inspection groups during the years, leaving them little time to perform routine duties.
1983, “Mass Media and Conflict Resolution: An Analysis of Letters to the Editor”, in Godwin C. Chu, Francis L.K. Hsu, editors, China's New Social Fabric, Kegan Paul International, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 188The capital of Parhae, called Sanggyŏng or "High Capital" was located at modern Tung-ching-ch'eng in Hei-lung-chiang province, Manchuria, and there were four secondary capitals- the "Central Capital" at modern Tun-hua in Chi-lin province, Manchuria, "Eastern Capital" at Hun-ch'un in Chi-lin, "Southern Capital" at Hamhŭng in South Hamgyŏng province, Korea, and "Western Capital" at Lin-chiang in Chi-lin [see map p. 70].
1984, Ki-baik Lee, translated by Edward Willett Wagner, A New History of Korea, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 89-90
Origin
- Mandarin吉林
- EnglishChi-lin
From Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín) Wade–Giles romanization: Chi²-lin².
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