雨林

Chinese

		rain	woods; forest
trad. (雨林)		雨	林
simp. #(雨林)		雨	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ú-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔlín
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-lin²
    • Yale: yǔ-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeulin
    • Palladius: юйлинь (jujlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ lam⁴
    • Yale: yúh làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: ú-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lim²³/

Noun

雨林

1. rainforest

Synonyms

• 叢林／丛林 (cónglín) (dense forest)
• 密林 (mìlín) (dense forest)
• 林叢／林丛 (líncóng) (dense forest)
• 森林 (sēnlín)
• 樹林／树林 (shùlín)
• 樹林子／树林子 (shùlínzi)
• 深林 (shēnlín) (deep forest)

 

Derived terms

• 熱帶雨林／热带雨林 (rèdài yǔlín)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雨林):

• → Japanese: 雨林(うりん) (urin)
• → Korean: 우림(雨林) (urim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	林
う Grade: 1	りん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

雨(う)林(りん) • (urin) 

1. a rainforest

   Synonym: 多雨林 (taurin)

See also

• 熱(ねっ)帯(たい)雨(う)林(りん) (nettai urin, “tropical rainforest”)

References

• 2004. “うりん【雨林】” in Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, fifth edition. Tokyo: Kenkyūsha.
• 多雨林 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja