深林

Chinese

		deep; profound	woods; forest
trad. (深林)		深	林
simp. ^#(深林)		深	林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnlín

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenlín
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-lin²
  - Yale: shēn-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenlin
  - Palladius: шэньлинь (šɛnʹlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: sām làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: syim|syimH lim

Rime
Character	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	式針切	式禁切	力尋切
Baxter	syim	syimH	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ɕiɪm^H/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ɕim^H/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ɕjem^H/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ɕim^H/	/lim/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ɕiəm^H/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/ɕĭĕm^H/	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ɕi̯əm^H/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	shèn	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam¹	sam³	lam⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m|[l̥][ə]m-s [r]əm/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljum|hljums ɡ·rɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	shēn	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ syim ›	‹ syim^H ›	‹ lim ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][ə]m/	/*[l̥][ə]m-s/	/*[r]əm/
English	deep	depth	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	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11255	11256	8165
Phonetic component	罙	罙	林
Rime group	侵	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	深	深	林
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*hljums/	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Noun

深林

deep forest

Synonyms

叢林 / 丛林 (cónglín) (dense forest)
密林 (mìlín) (dense forest)
林叢 / 林丛 (líncóng) (dense forest)
森林 (sēnlín)
樹林 / 树林 (shùlín)
樹林子 / 树林子 (shùlínzi)
雨林 (yǔlín) (rainforest)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	林
しん Grade: 3	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

深(しん)林(りん) • (shinrin)

deep forest