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

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

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

Synonyms

(jungle):

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)

Zen monastery

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
叢	林

Noun

叢林

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