甘霖

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	continued rain
trad. (甘霖)		甘	霖
simp. #(甘霖)		甘	霖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ lam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-lìm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganlín
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-lin²
    • Yale: gān-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganlin
    • Palladius: ганьлинь (ganʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: gām làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-lìm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ lim^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ lim²
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴ lim¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: kam-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim²³/

Noun

甘霖

1. (literary) timely rainfall; good rain after a long drought

Synonyms

• (literary) 甘雨 (gānyǔ)