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基隆市

Jī lóng Shìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-51bbaafe9688451e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

基隆市 基隆市 [Ji1 long2 Shi4] /Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 基
    jī

    (bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

  • 隆
    lōng

    sound of drums

    lóng

    grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge

    Lóng

    surname Long / short for 吉隆坡[Jí lóng pō], Kuala Lumpur

  • 市
    shì

    market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

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