竹林

Chinese

		bamboo	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (竹林)		竹	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ lam⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chuk-nà

  (Hailu, HRS): zhug na

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiok-lîm / tek-nâ / tek-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúlín
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-lin²
    • Yale: jú-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwulin
    • Palladius: чжулинь (čžulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: jūk làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ lɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk-nà
    • Hakka Romanization System: zug^ˋ na^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵ na²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚² na¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhug na
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuk⁵⁻² na⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiok-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: tiok-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diokliim
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-nâ
    • Tâi-lô: tik-nâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deknaa
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nã²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: tik-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekliim
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lim²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lim²⁴/

Noun

竹林

1. bamboo forest; bamboo grove

Synonyms

• (literary) 篁 (huáng)
• (Huizhou, Danyang Wu) 竹窠

Derived terms

• 竹林七賢 / 竹林七贤 (Zhúlín Qīxián)
• 竹林橋 / 竹林桥 (Zhúlínqiáo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竹	林
ちく Grade: 1	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

竹(ちく)林(りん) • (chikurin) 

1. A bamboo forest.

Synonyms

• 竹藪(たけやぶ) (takeyabu), 竹藪(たかやぶ) (takayabu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
竹	林
たけ Grade: 1	はやし > ばやし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

竹(たけ)林(ばやし) • (Takebayashi) 

1. a surname

References

• “竹林”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026