水泥森林

Chinese

		cement; mud	forest; trees; forest
trad. (水泥森林)		水泥	森林
simp. ^#(水泥森林)		水泥	森林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐní sēnlín

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐní sēnlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiní senlín
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-ni² sên¹-lin²
  - Yale: shwěi-ní sēn-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeini senlin
  - Palladius: шуйни сэньлинь (šujni sɛnʹlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: séui nàih sām làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² nei⁴ sem¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ nɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

Noun

水泥森林

(figurative) concrete jungle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 水泥森林 (“concrete jungle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		水泥森林, 水泥叢林
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	水泥叢林
Cantonese	Hong Kong	石屎森林
Cantonese	Dongguan	石屎森林