Hulin

Hu·lin
H4U1L1I1N1
/ˈhjuːlɪn//huːˈlɪn/

proper noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

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Meanings

Hulin1

proper noun

alternative Hulon

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Hulin2

proper noun
  1. A county-level city of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.

    The incident only a few years ago at Chenpao Island northeast of Mutankiang city and in the Hulin county of the prefecture, showed the white fangs of the bear all right.

    1977 September, Rewi Alley, “Mutankiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 9, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 1
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    Chenpao Island is located on the Wusuli river in Hulin County, Heilungkiang Province, northeast China. It is on the Chinese side of the river's main channel, only some 100 meters from the shore of our side.

    1977 November 3 [1977 November 2], Chang, quotee, “View the Chinese PLA From Chenpao Island”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 212, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking to Taiwan, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: International Affairs, page A 6

    Sino-Soviet relations were exacerbated by a border incident on May 9. Beijing charged that thirty Soviet troops, supported by a helicopter and navy boats, crossed the Ussuri River into the Hulin area of Heilongjiang province.

    1986, Peter P. Cheng, “1978: The Four Modernizations on the March”, in Chronology of The People's Republic of China, 1970-1979, Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 395

    Yang Wanying, 19, was admitted into the computer science programme at Yangzhou University in Jiangsu province, near Shanghai, according to the Yangtse Evening News. But she resides in Hulin city in Heilongjiang province to the north, bordering Russia.

    2015 September 20, Mimi Lau, “Chinese teenager cycles 2,500km along coast to get to university in time for new academic year”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2015, China

    Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2016 shows the scenery of the Zhenbao Island wetland in Hulin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The 29,275-hectare wetland has been designated as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention in 2011 for its vital importance as a unique wetland for biological diversity.

    2016 September 29, “Scenery of Zhenbao Island wetland in Heilongjiang(1/6)”, in Li Yan, editor, China News Service, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2016

Origin

Hulin · proper noun

* As an English surname, from a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh. Also as a French variant of Hue, itself related to Hugh. * Also as a French surname, diminutive of Hudelin, from the personal name Hude (see Houde).

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Hulin · proper noun

From Mandarin 虎林 (Hǔlín, literally “tiger forest”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 虎林
  • 虎林 (fu² lam⁴)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 虎林
  • 虎林 (Hǔlín)county-level city

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APA

Hulin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hulin

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“Hulin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hulin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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