Jilin

American  

[jee-lin] / ˈdʒiˈlɪn /

(Wade-Giles) Chilin;

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in northeastern China, north of the Yalu River. 72,201 sq. mi. (187,001 sq. km). Changchun.

2. a port city in this province, on the Songhua River: a former provincial capital.

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Jilin British  

/ ˈdʒiːˈlɪn /

noun

1. a province of NE China, in central Manchuria. Capital: Changchun. Pop: 27 040 000 (2003 est). Area: 187 000 sq km (72 930 sq miles)

2. Also called: Chi-lin. a river port in NE China, in N central Jilin province on the Songhua River. Pop: 1 496 000 (2005 est)

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Jilin

The company, China-based Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology, makes air-bag inflators, which contain hazardous chemicals that ignite during a crash to rapidly fill an air bag with gas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Many flights were also cancelled in Jilin and Liaoning provinces, and in the Inner Mongolia region, Flight Master showed.

From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023

The three pharmaceutical companies, highlighted in the EIA report are Tong Ren Tang group, Tianjin Pharmaceutical group and Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023

Meteorologists warned that thunderstorms, gales and hail will affect parts of Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin in the north, along with Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian to the center and southeast.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

“If we are asked, we could say that we’re going to visit my family. That will take us to Jilin, and beyond that is the Wood itself—we won’t need a story then.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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