Kuala Lumpur in Chinese

吉隆坡

Jí lóng pō

Capital of Malaysia

The capital of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) is written in Chinese as 吉隆坡. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Jí lóng pō — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

吉Jí
隆lóng
坡pō

吉隆坡 is written with 3 characters: 吉 (Jí), 隆 (lóng), 坡 (pō). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Kuala Lumpur.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference