叢林

叢林

See also: 丛林

Chinese

		cluster; collection; collection of books cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket	woods; forest
trad. (叢林)		叢	林
simp. (丛林)		丛	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cónglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ lam⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chông-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cónglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsornglin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: chùhng làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ lem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ lɐm²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chông-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: tsông-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ¹³⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/

Noun

叢林

1. jungle; bush (Classifier: 片 m)
2. (archaic, Buddhism) Zen Buddhist monastery (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

• (jungle): 密林 (mìlín)

Derived terms

叢林袋鼠／丛林袋鼠 (cónglín dàishǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
叢	林
そう Jinmeiyō	りん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

叢林 (hiragana そうりん, rōmaji sōrin)

1. Zen monastery