森林

Chinese

of trees, many woods; forest
trad. (森林)
simp. #(森林)
anagram 林森

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sim1 lim5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang;
  • siam1 lim5 - Shantou;
  • siem1 lim5 - Chaozhou;
  • siom1 nim5 - Chenghai;
  • som1 lim5 - Raoping.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai)
        • Wugniu: 1sen-lin
        • MiniDict: sen lin
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1sen-lin
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ lin²¹/
      • (Suzhou)
        • Wugniu: 1sen-lin2
        • MiniDict: sen lin
        • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴ lin/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (21) (37)
Final () (140) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter srim lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiɪm/ /liɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚim/ /lim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiem/ /ljem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂjim/ /lim/
Li
Rong
/ʃjəm/ /liəm/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭĕm/ /lĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯əm/ /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn lín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sam1 lam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sēn lín
Middle
Chinese
‹ srim › ‹ lim ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.rəm/ /*[r]əm/
English dense trees forest

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11003 8165
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*srɯm/ /*ɡ·rɯm/

Noun

森林

  1. (countable) forest; trees (Classifier: m)
    森林砍伐   sēnlín kǎnfá lǜ   rate of deforestation
    注重保護森林注重保护森林   zhùzhòng bǎohù sēnlín   to attach importance to forest conservation
    愛護森林爱护森林   Qǐng àihù sēnlín.   Please protect our trees.
  2. (graph theory) forest (graph with no cycles)

Synonyms

  • (forest; trees):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (森林):
  • Japanese: 森林(しんりん) (shinrin)
  • Korean: 삼림(森林) (samnim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 1
りん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んりん [shìńríń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩnɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

(しん)(りん) • (shinrin) 

  1. forest, timber

Derived terms

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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