qilin

See also: qílín

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 麒麟 (qílín)

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.

Synonyms

kirin

Translations

mythical creature

Chinese:
Cantonese: 麒麟 (kei⁴ leon⁴)

Mandarin: 麒麟 (zh) (qílín)

Min Dong: 麒麟 (gì-lìng)

Min Nan: 麒麟 (zh-min-nan) (kî-lîn)

Wu: 麒麟 (jji 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

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