qilin

See also: qílín

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 麒麟 (qílín). Doublet of kirin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃiː.lɪn/, /ˈkiː.lɪn/

Noun

qilin (plural qilins)

A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
- 1989, Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3:
  ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
- 2001, David J. Roxburgh, Prefacing the image: the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran:
  Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins; mounted on an album page.
- 2010, Molly Blaisdell, Necdet Yilmaz, Truth about Unicorns:
  When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.

Alternative forms

kilin, kirin, kylin

Translations

mythical creature

Chinese:
Cantonese: 麒麟 (kei⁴ leon⁴)

Eastern Min: 麒麟 (gì-lìng)

Hokkien: 麒麟 (zh-min-nan) (kî-lîn)

Mandarin: 麒麟 (zh) (qílín)

Wu: 麒麟 (⁶ji-lin)
Finnish: qilin
French: qilin (fr) m
German: Qilin m
Japanese: 麒麟 (ja) (kirin)
Korean: 기린 (ko) (girin)
Russian: цили́нь m (cilínʹ)
Thai: กิเลน (th) (gì-leen)
Vietnamese: kì lân, kỳ lân (vi)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki.lin/, /tʃi.lin/

Noun

qilin m (plural qilins)

(Chinese mythology) qilin

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