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Kirin

British  
/ ˈkiːˈrɪn /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Jilin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The nine companies—which include Alcon, BeOne Medicines, CSL, Kyowa Kirin, Sun Pharma, and UCB—also agreed to collectively commit $19.6 billion to manufacturing in the U.S. in the near term, the White House said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Huawei's next iteration of its Kirin chip, set to launch in the autumn, will be the first ever to fully adopt an architecture called "LogicFolding" based on the new principle, the company said.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

The letter is signed by Len Garfinkel, general counsel for the California Department of Education, and by Kirin K. Gill, chief counsel for the State Board of Education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

Canada-based technology research firm, TechInsights, said the phone contained a new 5G Kirin 9000s processor, developed for Huawei by China's largest contract chipmaker SMIC.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023

The seat of government for this latter district is at Kirin, a very ancient town with quaint houses built in the old Chinese style, yamens with shining roofs, temples and pagodas, all very picturesque.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay

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