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): [ɯ̟ᵝɾʲĩɴ]

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

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