Under Japanese rule (1895-1945), the city was also known to the west by the Japanese romanization Kīrun (also written as Kirun or Kiirun[REF]).
In Standard Chinese, which became the official language of Taiwan after its handover to the Republic of China, the newer name is read Jīlóng (the shift from initial K to J is a recent development in the Beijing dialect, see Old Mandarin).