Chi-lin

Proper noun

Jilin

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.[2008 [1990], John Blofeld, “Roaming the Famous Mountains and Monasteries of Northern China”, in Daniel Reid, transl., My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel Diary, Rochester, VT: Inner...
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.2020 May 13, David Stanway, Se Young Lee, Lusha Zhang, “China's Jilin city imposes travel restrictions after new coronavirus cases”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on...

   Synonyms:

   Kirin