森林

Chinese

of trees, many woods; forest
trad. (森林) 森 林
simp. #(森林) 森 林
anagram 林森

Pronunciation


Note: sim1 lim5 - Jieyang.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 1sen-lin
      • Sinological IPA (key): /səɲ⁵⁵ lɪɲ²¹/

Rime
Character 森 林
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 所今切 力尋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiɪm/ /liɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚim/ /lim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiem/ /ljem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂjim/ /lim/
Li
Rong
/ʃjəm/ /liəm/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭĕm/ /lĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯əm/ /li̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn lín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sam1 lam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 森 林
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sēn lín
Middle
Chinese
‹ srim › ‹ lim ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.rəm/ /*[r]əm/
English dense trees forest

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 森 林
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11003 8165
Phonetic
component
森 林
Rime
group
侵 侵
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
森 林
Old
Chinese
/*srɯm/ /*ɡ·rɯm/

Noun

森林

  1. (countable) forest; trees (Classifier: 片 m)
    森林砍伐率  ―  sēnlín kǎnfá lǜ  ―  rate of deforestation
    注重保護森林/注重保护森林  ―  zhùzhòng bǎohù sēnlín  ―  to attach importance to forest conservation
    請愛護森林。/请爱护森林。  ―  Qǐng àihù sēnlín.  ―  Please protect our trees.
  2. (graph theory) forest (graph with no cycles)

Synonyms

  • (forest; trees):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (森林):
  • → Japanese: 森林(しんりん) (shinrin)
  • → Korean: 삼림(森林) (samnim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
森 林
しん
Grade: 1
りん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

森(しん)林(りん) • (shinrin) 

  1. forest, timber

Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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