雨林

Chinese

		rain	woods; forest
trad. (雨林)		雨	林
simp. ^#(雨林)		雨	林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔlín

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ lam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ú-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔlín
  - Wade–Giles: yü³-lin²
  - Yale: yǔ-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeulin
  - Palladius: юйлинь (jujlinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ lam⁴
  - Yale: yúh làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ lɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ú-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: ú-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: wliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lim²³/

Noun

雨林

rainforest

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)
深林 (shēnlín) (deep forest)

Derived terms

熱帶雨林 / 热带雨林 (rèdài yǔlín)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雨林):

→ Japanese: 雨林(うりん) (urin)
→ Korean: 우림(雨林) (urim)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	林
う Grade: 1	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

雨(う)林(りん) • (urin)

a rainforest
Synonym: 多雨林 (taurin)

See also

熱(ねっ)帯(たい)雨(う)林(りん) (nettai urin, “tropical rainforest”)

References

2004. “うりん【雨林】” in Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, fifth edition. Tokyo: Kenkyūsha.
多雨林 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja