布林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (布林)		布	林

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English plum.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlín

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ lam^4-1
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pu-lin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlín
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lin²
  - Yale: bù-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhlin
  - Palladius: булинь (bulinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ lam^4-1
  - Yale: bou lām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ lam^4-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ lem^4-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ lɐm²¹⁻⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pu-lin
  - MiniDict: pu^去 lin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pu-lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu³³ lin⁴⁴/

Noun

布林

(chiefly Cantonese, Shanghainese) alternative form of 布冧 (“plum”)

Derived terms

紅布林 / 红布林
黑布林

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boolean.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlín

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlín
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lin²
  - Yale: bù-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhlin
  - Palladius: булинь (bulinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lin³⁵/

Noun

布林

(Taiwan, computing) Boolean

Synonyms

布爾／布尔 (Bù'ěr)