水泥叢林

Chinese

		cement; mud	jungle; bush; Zen Buddhist monastery
trad. (水泥叢林)		水泥	叢林
simp. (水泥丛林)		水泥	丛林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐní cónglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐní cónglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiní cónglín
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ni² tsʻung²-lin²
    • Yale: shwěi-ní tsúng-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeini tsornglin
    • Palladius: шуйни цунлинь (šujni cunlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ lin³⁵/

Noun

水泥叢林

1. (figurative) concrete jungle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 水泥森林 (“concrete jungle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		水泥森林, 水泥叢林
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	水泥叢林
Cantonese	Hong Kong	石屎森林