叢林

See also: 丛林

Chinese

		cluster; collection; collection of books cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket	woods; forest
trad. (叢林)		叢	林
simp. (丛林)		丛	林
anagram		林叢／林丛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cónglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cung⁴ lam⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): duung³ lim³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chông-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cónglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cónglín
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-lin²
    • Yale: tsúng-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsornglin
    • Palladius: цунлинь (cunlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: chùhng làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ lɐm²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: duung³ lim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵŋ²² lim²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chông-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: tsông-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ¹³⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/

Noun

叢林

1. jungle; bush (Classifier: 片 m)
2. (archaic, Buddhism) Zen Buddhist monastery (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

• (jungle):

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• 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)
• 雨林 (yǔlín) (rainforest)

Derived terms

• 功德叢林 / 功德丛林
• 叢林袋鼠 / 丛林袋鼠 (cónglín dàishǔ)
• 水泥叢林 / 水泥丛林 (shuǐní cónglín)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (叢林):

• → Japanese: 叢林(そうりん) (sōrin)
• → Korean: 총림(叢林) (chongnim)
• → Vietnamese: tùng lâm (叢林)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叢	林
そう Jinmeiyō	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

叢(そう)林(りん) • (sōrin) 

1. Zen monastery

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
叢	林

Noun

叢林

1. chữ Hán form of tùng lâm (“Zen monastery”).