寒林
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[edit]cold; poor; to tremble | woods; forest | ||
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simp. and trad. (寒林) |
寒 | 林 |
Etymology
[edit]- charnel ground
Calque of Sanskrit शीतवन (śītavana, “cool forest”), from शीत (śīta) + वन (vana).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hánlín
- Wade–Giles: han2-lin2
- Yale: hán-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnlin
- Palladius: ханьлинь (xanʹlinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän³⁵ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]寒林
- a forest in winter
- (Buddhism) charnel ground