密林

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (密林)		密	林

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìlín

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìlín
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-lin²
  - Yale: mì-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihlin
  - Palladius: милинь (milinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ lam⁴
  - Yale: maht làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² lɐm²¹/

Etymology 1

Noun

密林

jungle; dense forest

Synonyms

叢林 / 丛林 (cónglín) (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)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (密林):

→ Japanese: 密林(みつりん) (mitsurin)
→ Korean: 밀림(密林) (millim)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Merlin.

Proper noun

密林

Merlin (wizard in the Arthurian legend)

Synonyms

梅林 (méilín)
魔靈／魔灵 (Mólíng)
默林 (Mòlín)
墨林 (Mòlín)
穆林 (Mùlín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
密	林
みつ Grade: 6	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みつりん [mìtsúríń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

密(みつ)林(りん) • (mitsurin)

a dense thicket; a jungle
- 2000 January 27, “密(みつ)林(りん)の黒(こく)竜(りゅう)王(おう) [Black Dragon King of the Jungle]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
  
  密(みつ)林(りん)に生(せい)息(そく)する、漆(しっ)黒(こく)のドラゴン。バリバリと木(き)を食(た)べる。
  Mitsurin ni seisoku suru, shikkoku no doragon. Baribari to ki o taberu.
  A jet black dragon who lives in the jungle. He munches on trees.
- 2000 December 14, “隻(せき)眼(がん)のホワイトタイガー [One-Eyed White Tiger]”, in Thousand Eyes Bible ―千眼の魔術書―, Konami:
  
  ある者(もの)には恐(きょう)怖(ふ)、ある者(もの)には尊(そん)敬(けい)の対(たい)象(しょう)とされている、気(け)高(だか)き密(みつ)林(りん)の王(おう)者(じゃ)。
  Aru mono ni wa kyōfu, aru mono ni wa sonkei no taishō to sareteiru, kedakaki mitsurin no ōja.
  The noble ruler of the jungle, respected by some, feared by others.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨɾʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

密(みつ)林(りん) • (Mitsurin)

(Internet slang) Amazon (Amazon.com Inc)
- 2019 March 19, “ワイ、密林の倉庫でバイト戦士になる”, in 5ちゃんねる‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 December 2019:
  
  ワイ、密(みつ)林(りん)の倉(そう)庫(こ)でバイト戦(せん)士(し)になる
  wai, mitsurin no sōko de baito senshi ni naru
  I became a part-time-job warrior at Amazon’s warehouse

Synonyms

尼(あま) (Ama)