屍陀林

Chinese

		corpse	phonetic	woods; forest
trad. (屍陀林)		屍	陀	林
simp. (尸陀林)		尸	陀	林

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit शीत (śīta) + 林 (lín, “woods”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shītuólín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shītuólín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihtuólín
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-tʻo²-lin²
    • Yale: shr̄-twó-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytwolin
    • Palladius: шитолинь (šitolinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ lin³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syij|syijH da lim

Rime
Character	屍	屍	陀	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (15)	歌 (94)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	III
Fanqie	式之切	矢利切	徒河切	力尋切
Baxter	syij	syijH	da	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/	/ɕiɪH/	/dɑ/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/	/ɕiH/	/dɑ/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/	/ɕjɪH/	/dɑ/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/	/ɕiH/	/da/	/lim/
Li Rong	/ɕi/	/ɕiH/	/dɑ/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/ɕi/	/ɕiH/	/dɑ/	/lĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/	/ɕiH/	/dʱɑ/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	shì	tuó	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	si3	to4	lam4

Noun

屍陀林

1. (Buddhism) shmashana

Derived terms

• 師陀／师陀
• 獅駝／狮驼