寒林

Chinese

		cold; poor; to tremble	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (寒林)		寒	林

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीतवन (śītavana, “cool forest”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánlín
    • Wade–Giles: han²-lin²
    • Yale: hán-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnlin
    • Palladius: ханьлинь (xanʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ lin³⁵/

Noun

寒林

1. a forest in winter
2. (Buddhism) charnel ground